Home of the Past: From Squatters to Public Housing Topics

The squatter dwellers in Nga Choi Hang are salvaging from their former home for whatever usable after a fire Temporary huts are built along the downhill in Shek Kip Mei. In the foreground is Tai Hang Sai Street. Squatter huts are built on the steep slope in Tai Hang. Fire victims try to collect their personal belongings in the Tai Hang squatter area (above present Tin Hau) after fire. The fire in Tai Hang (above present Tin Hau) destroys most of the squatter huts in the area.

Squatter huts in Tai Hang are built on very steep slope. These huts can be accessed by paved stairs. These are squatter structures on the outskirt of the Kowloon Walled City. In the foreground is Lok Sin Road. Squatter structures congregate in front of concrete structures on the outskirt of the Kowloon Walled City. These squatter structures are built on flat land instead of on the hill. These squatter huts are located in Kowloon Tsai near Tai Hang Tung Resettlement Estate. The stone building near the centre is a church, which has survived several squatter fires. The photo shows an area with densely built squatter huts in Kowloon Tsai near Tai Hang Tung Resettlement Estate.

Firemen are trying to put out the remaining fire in Kowloon Tsai squatter area. The stone structure is a church. Squatter dwellers in Shek Kip Mei return to their previous home to search for personal belongings in the rubble after a fire broke out on Christmas night in 1953. Some squatter huts are scattered along the hill in Lam Tin, next to the public housing estates. There is a street for vehicle and pedestrians which divides the public housing estates on one side and the squatter huts on the other. A water pipe is built along the slope sending water from uphill to downhill. Electrical wires are hanged un-orderly over the squatter huts.