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Development of Public Housing in Hong Kong

1949
1949 photo
Masses of refugees surged into the territory as a consequence of the Civil War on the mainland. The number of squatters increased drastically.
1953  
1953 photo
A fire swept through the Shek Kip Mei Squatter area in Kowloon, rendering more than 50 000 people homeless overnight.
 
1954  
1954 photo
The Public Works Department constructed immediately a series of two-storey bungalow houses to shelter the fire victims.
The government set up a fund for constructing multi-storey resettlement buildings.
A semi-independent organization, Hong Kong Housing Authority was set up to provide low-cost self-contained flats.
Eight permanent six-storey buildings-the Mark I-were completed to resettle the victims of the Shek Kip Mei Fire.
The government decided to implement the resettlement programme systematically.
 
1958  
1958 photo
North Point Estate, the first low-cost housing estate built by the Hong Kong Housing Authority, was completed.
 

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Last revision date: 29 March 2003