Converging Paths at Public Housing Estates
The history of Hong Kong’s public housing and stories of life in public housing estates were portrayed through the eyes of ex-Housing Department staff. The videos were produced in 2013 to mark the 60th anniversary of public housing development in Hong Kong.
Through the interview with Dr Donald Liao, the chief designer of Wah Fu Estate, this short film reemerges the birth of the Estate completed in the 60s and gives an account of its special architectural design and planning features.
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Mr Luk recounts his fond childhood memories of living in a tiny flat shared by the seven members of his family.
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For years, Mr Li went from door to door to collect rents, developing good relationships with estate residents in the process. He was nicknamed “the rent-collection guy” by residents.
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Having managed seven-storey resettlement blocks in the 1970s, Winnie remembers how some housing officers would help poor elderly residents with their rent.
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