Government Low Cost Housing

Kwun Tong (Lei Yue Mun Road) Estate which was demolished in 1997. In the 1970s, there were buses travelling from the Lei Muk Shue Estate bus terminus to the ferry piers in Sham Shui Po and Tsuen Wan. The Upper Shek Kip Mei Estate was demolished in 2000. There are some children in school uniforms playing at the Upper Shek Kip Mei Estate playground. The playground of Un Chau Street Estate in 1978. The so-called ‘laundry flags’ can be found in a courtyard in Un Chau Street Estate As family laundry cannot be dried in a small flat, banners of laundry hang on bamboo poles has become a common sight all over these estates. Anne Anne Kindergarten can be seen at the back, where a tragedy happened in 1982.  

Bus Route 104 runing between the West Point and Pak Tin Estate continues to bring residents in Kowloon to and from the Hong Kong Island until today. Some children in school uniform are playing in a playground in Hing Wah Estate. The Lei Muk Shue Estate was then built on a newly reclaimed hill top. It was considered by the people at that time a remote, poorly equipped place. This is a general view of Upper Pak Tin Estate. Several blocks in the photo (Blocks 14-16) needed to be demolished in 1989 due to defective materials used during construction. There are many children playing in a playground in Un Chau Street Estate

Residents of low cost housing used to dry their laundries on the bamboos hanging outside the flats. This common scene was bantered as "three worshipping incenses". Upper Ngau Tau Kok Estate is being constructed. In the foreground is Kowloon Bay Licensed Area and a gospel and medical van. These 20-storey blocks in Wong Tai Sin Upper Estate appears to be much taller than the adjacent seven-storey early resettlement blocks. Wong Tai Sin Upper Estate was demolished between 1997 and 2002. Comprised just two blocks, the Shatin Pass Estate was the smallest low-cost housing estate built by the Housing Authority. The estate was demolished for redevelopment in 2002.