Sony Music Entertainment (Hong Kong): version 1

Saved 2026-09-26 16:20 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added the Asian CD of George Michael – Patience (4893391111624), one barcode shared by four Discogs pressings (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, pan-Asia), with the 14-track list from MusicBrainz, per-pres. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Sony Music Entertainment (Hong Kong) <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Sony Music Entertainment (Hong Kong)
disambiguation: Sony's Hong Kong record company and CD plant from 1990 to 2005; not Sony Music Entertainment Hong Kong Ltd., established in 2009
summary: Sony's Hong Kong record company, established in December 1990 as successor to CBS/Sony Hong Kong, which also ran an optical disc plant in Tuen Mun.
legal_name: Sony Music Entertainment (Hong Kong) Ltd.
country: HK
founded: 1990-12-21
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## Establishments <!--establishments-->
| mark | kind  | address                                                    | country | source         | note                                                                    |
| ---- | ----- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|      | plant | 5/F, YKK Building, Phase III, 7 San Ping Circuit, Tuen Mun | HK      | ^discogs-smehk | Manufacturing operations; discs identified by mould SID codes IFPI 63** |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                                      | type  | locale | from | until |
| ----------------------------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Sony Music Entertainment (Hong Kong) Ltd. | legal | en     |      |       |
| SME (HK)                                  | name  | en     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref           | url                                       | title                                                                            | accessed   | publisher | kind      | published | record_id | locator                                    | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------------- | ----------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------ | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| discogs-hk    | https://api.discogs.com/releases/13515656 | Discogs release 13515656: George Michael – Patience (CD, Album, Hong Kong, 2004) | 2026-09-26 | Discogs   | catalogue |           | 13515656  | identifiers, labels, companies             |         |             |          |
| discogs-smehk | https://api.discogs.com/labels/549718     | Discogs label 549718: Sony Music Entertainment (Hong Kong) Ltd.                  | 2026-09-26 | Discogs   | catalogue |           | 549718    | profile, manufacturing operations, contact |         |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Sony Music Entertainment (Hong Kong) Ltd. was established on 21 December 1990 as the successor to CBS/Sony Hong Kong Ltd.[^discogs-smehk] Besides releasing records for the Hong Kong market it ran an optical disc plant in Tuen Mun, whose discs are identified by "SME (HK)" on the hub or a mould SID code of IFPI 63**.[^discogs-smehk]

In August 2005 its recorded music business passed to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Hong Kong) Ltd. and the plant continued under a new name; a separate Sony Music Entertainment Hong Kong Ltd. was set up in 2009.[^discogs-smehk] It pressed the Hong Kong edition of George Michael's Patience in 2004.[^discogs-hk]
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