Li Cheng Uk

  • Hing Wa Street looking north, showing the scene of the Li Cheng Uk fire of 1 October 1954.
  • Squatter huts to be cleared in Li Cheng Uk, November 1954.
  • Li Cheng Uk, after squatter clearance, November 1954.
  • Li Cheng Uk, after squatter clearance, March 1955.
  • Most of the illegal structures in Li Cheng Uk were made of wood but some were built from substantial materials such as stone and concrete, March 1955.
  • Driving piles completed in the construction work in Li Cheng Uk, February 1955.
  • A resettlement block in Li Cheng Uk. Construction cost was $1,400,000. It would house about 4,800 persons and bring in $150,000 per annum in rents, March 1955.
  • 16 acres of land cleared for the construction of the Li Cheng Uk Estate. The first block of the estate is shown on the upper left, June 1955.
  • Some of the 5 new seven-storey blocks under construction in Li Cheng Uk Estate, 1956.
  • The area between Castle Peak Road and Tai Po Road, August 1954.
  • Li Cheng Uk Estate under construction, the area between Castle Peak Road and Tai Po Road, April 1956.
  • Stage II of the Li Cheng Uk Estate. The site for Stage III is on the left, May 1956.
  • Li Cheng Uk Estate from the Kowloon Hills, showing the 11 completed blocks housing nearly 33,000 persons, 1956.
  • An aerial view of the Li Cheng Uk Estate, Stage III under construction on the left hand side, December 1956.
  • Resettlement blocks, Stage III of the Li Cheng Uk Estate, November 1956.
  • Squatter area between Castle Peak Road and the Kowloon Hills, August 1954.
  • Li Cheng Uk Resettlement Estate in the background, and the site for the Housing Authority's So Uk Housing Scheme in the foreground, February 1957.
  • A grand opening of a shop in the Li Cheng Uk Estate, February 1957.
  • The Li Cheng Uk Han Tomb was discovered during site excavation for the Li Cheng Uk Estate and later opened for public visit by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs in June 1957.
  • One of the ground floor rooms at Li Cheng Uk Estate converted into a Government Clinic opened in July 1957.
  • A new government primary school was opened at Li Cheng Uk Estate, May 1958.