Site formation for Shek Kip Mei Resettlement Estate

This is the site formation of Shek Kip Mei Resettlement Estate after the disastrous fire which took place on Christmas Night, 1953. Six- or seven-storey resettlement blocks were to be built on the fire site which was to be viewed as the Government’s long-term answer to the resettlement problem.

Date 1954
Others Shek Kip Mei Fire
Material Type Image
Collection Home of the Past: From Squatters to Public Housing
Source Courtesy of Ko Tim-keung
Repository Ko Tim-keung
Note to Copyright Permission for use is given by Ko Tim-keung
Accession No. 5-1 1954 SKM site formation
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