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Shek Kip Mei Estate

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The massive fire gave birth formally to the public housing policy of the Government. In 1961, the subsidised rent policy was launched with the construction of 7 towers at the junction of Tai Hang Road West and Nam Cheong Street. The Shek Kip Mei Estate was subdivided into "Upper" and "Lower" estates,
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on the site of the burnt-down shanties to house the homeless victims. Eight blocks (Blocks A to H), now renumbered as Blocks 10 through 13 and 35 through 41, were constructed with the financial aid of the United Nations. These 7-storey blocks were constructed in an 'H' configuration consisting of two
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Housing units were little more than small cubicles, and the original plan was to allocate 24 square feet (2.2 m) per adult and half that for each child under 12. However, they were in reality often occupied by more than one family due to the extreme shortage of available housing. Facilities and
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of government-owned historic buildings. On 17 February 2009, the government declared that the building would be used by the Hong Kong Youth Hostels Association as "City Hostel". The capital cost of the project was estimated at HK$ 192.3 million. Estimated completion time was early 2012. The
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area. Poor facilities, unsanitary conditions, and the high density of huts represented a serious safety hazard. On 24 December 1953, the ghetto caught fire. The blaze lasted for six hours and was put under control on 25 December, at around 2:30 am. It left an estimated 53,000 people without
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residential wings, with a central core of communal cooking and sanitary facilities. Residential units, which housed entire families, were roughly 100 square feet (9.3 m) in size. Later, towers were constructed in a single block configuration.
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As of 2021 the estate has 21 blocks, plus the preserved Block 41 presently in use as a youth hostel. The 21 blocks provide 10,800 public rental flats accommodating a design population of 26,400.
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Mei Wui House of the estate was in locked down for mandatory testing on 17 February 2022. Block 21 was also put into lockdown from the next day to 20 February.
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arrived in Hong Kong. Due to the lack of housing policy, and thus non-availability of affordable housing, the migrants lived illegally in wooden
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The estate now consists of 21 residential blocks, containing 10,800 rental flats. The estate has an authorised capacity of 26,400.
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All remaining 1950s blocks were demolished since 20 June 2007, excluding Block 41, which is reserved for further revitalisation.
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Until the establishment of the Housing Authority in 1973, Hong Kong's public housing was administered by the
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with the Upper estate being designated a "low-rent estate" (廉租屋邨), and the Lower estate designated a "
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The Shek Kip Mei Syndrome: Economic Development and Public Housing in Hong Kong and Singapore
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Originally constructed in 1953 to alleviate the immediate housing needs, the units in this "
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Batch I of Revitalisation Scheme – Result of Selection – Mei Ho House as City Hostel
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Shek Kip Mei Estate Mei Ying House & Mei Yue House were completed in 2007
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Conserve and Revitalise Hong Kong Heritage: Batch I of Revitalisation Scheme
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List of Graded Historic Buildings in Hong Kong (as at 6 November 2009)
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Following the Second World War, a large number of migrants from the
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Hong Kong Housing Authority – Transformation of Shek Kip Mei Estate
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Shek Kip Mei Estate: Taste the 60s and 70s in the old housing
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Revitalising Historic Buildings Through Partnership Scheme
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in 1953, to settle the families of inhabitants in the
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Index


Sham Shui Po
Kowloon
Coordinates
22°19′53″N 114°10′02″E / 22.3315°N 114.1671°E / 22.3315; 114.1671
Hong Kong Housing Authority
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Cantonese
Yale
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Jyutping
public housing estate
Sham Shui Po
Hong Kong Housing Authority
a fire in Shek Kip Mei
squats
Mark I


mainland
shanties
ghetto
Sham Shui Po
Colonial government
resettlement estate
Resettlement Department

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