简介
To mark its 50th Anniversary in 2023, the Hong Kong Housing Authority has co-produced the documentary “From Shelter to Home” with Radio Television Hong Kong.
Since 1950s, public housing flats have become the cosy homes for countless people in Hong Kong. Given its unique cultural characteristics, whenever public housing is mentioned, the door-to-door arrangement in its floor and flat design, mutual neighbourhood support, as well as children playing for fun in the lobbies and corridors have become the classic scenes that come into view. With the development of numerous public housing estates below the Lion Rock, the Hong Kong economy has also blossomed. The human touch, culture and history of public housing estates over the past 70 years have demonstrated the unique hardworking, assiduous and mutual help spirit of Hong Kong people.
Narrator: Jason CHAN
Co-produced by Radio Television Hong Kong and Hong Kong Housing Authority
Since 1950s, public housing flats have become the cosy homes for countless people in Hong Kong. Given its unique cultural characteristics, whenever public housing is mentioned, the door-to-door arrangement in its floor and flat design, mutual neighbourhood support, as well as children playing for fun in the lobbies and corridors have become the classic scenes that come into view. With the development of numerous public housing estates below the Lion Rock, the Hong Kong economy has also blossomed. The human touch, culture and history of public housing estates over the past 70 years have demonstrated the unique hardworking, assiduous and mutual help spirit of Hong Kong people.
Narrator: Jason CHAN
Co-produced by Radio Television Hong Kong and Hong Kong Housing Authority
最新
On Christmas Day 1953, a huge fire swept the Shek Kip Mei squatter area and made some 50 000 people homeless. To rehouse squatter residents, the first batch of eight blocks of six-storey resettlement buildings were completed in Shek Kip Mei at the end of 1954 which marked the beginning of Hong Kong’s public housing development. In 1954, the Resettlement Department was established to manage the multi-storey resettlement estates arising from the fire in Shek Kip Mei in 1953. In April 1954, the Hong Kong Housing Authority was established. It was tasked to provide housing units of a better quality at a lower rent for “the low-paid among the white-collar class”. In 1964, the Government released the white paper, “Review of Policies for Squatter Control, Resettlement and Government Low-cost Housing”, which decided to accelerate the construction of resettlement and low-cost housing, develop large-scale resettlement estates and build taller buildings in order to meet the huge demand for housing.
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With the growing population in Hong Kong and shortage of land available for development in urban area, the Government decided to construct public housing estates in remote areas. Wah Fu Estate was the first public housing estate to incorporate this concept. It was a self-contained community providing various essential services, such as shops, car parks and a bus terminus, as well as community and recreational facilities. In early 1970s, the Government announced the Ten-year Housing Programme, which provided flats with a complete range of facilities and a decent living environment for 1.8 million Hong Kong citizens. In 1973, in order to support the Ten-year Housing Programme, the Government re-structured the existing housing organisations. The Hong Kong Housing Authority was established for coordination, and the Resettlement Department and Housing Division of the Urban Services Department were amalgamated into the Housing Department as the executive arm of the Housing Authority. In 1976, the Government decided to launch the Home Ownership Scheme, and formulated the Long Term Housing Strategy in 1987, so that better-off public housing tenants and low to middle-income families could buy their own flats. In this episode, Dr LIAO Poon-huai, Donald, former Secretary for Housing, is invited to have a dialogue with HO Wing-yin, Winnie, the Secretary for Housing, to tell the stories of public housing.
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Homes for People
On Christmas Day 1953, a huge fire swept the Shek Kip Mei squatter area and made some 50 000 people homeless. To rehouse squatter residents, the first batch of eight blocks of six-storey resettlement buildings were completed in Shek Kip Mei at the end of 1954 which marked the beginning of Hong Kong’s public housing development. In 1954, the Resettlement Department was established to manage the multi-storey resettlement estates arising from the fire in Shek Kip Mei in 1953. In April 1954, the Hong Kong Housing Authority was established. It was tasked to provide housing units of a better quality at a lower rent for “the low-paid among the white-collar class”. In 1964, the Government released the white paper, “Review of Policies for Squatter Control, Resettlement and Government Low-cost Housing”, which decided to accelerate the construction of resettlement and low-cost housing, develop large-scale resettlement estates and build taller buildings in order to meet the huge demand for housing.
30/04/2024收看
