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The City Development in the Post War Period

Migrants from Mainland

1953	HKRS163-1-1578
Some of the fire victims queuing for registration, 1953.

1957	HKRS365-1-24-2
A Squatter community on a Hillside, 1957.

1958	HKRS365-1-41-9
Lowu Bridge of the Border, 1958.

1959	HKRS365-1-24-7
A Family outside then rooftop dwelling, 1959.

1959	HKRS365-1-24-8
Children of squatter families living at Valley Road, 1959.

1959	HKRS365-1-24-9
Squatters living at Valley Road queuing for free rations at a religious welfare at a religious welfare organization centre, 1959.

1959	HKRS365-1-24-13
Children at a resettlement estate lining up for milk and vitamins, 1959.

1960	HKRS365-1-50-3
Refugee Women at work at Sunshine Island, 1960.

1962	HKRS365-1-76-1
The Children’s Centre at the junction of Shanghai Street and Waterloo Road, 1962.

1962	HKRS365-1-76-8
A Classroom in the Children’s Centre, 1962.

1962	HKRS365-1-76-2
The boys in the Children’s Centre, 1962.

1962	HKRS365-1-76-12
Children playing cards in the street, 1962.

1963	01-13-373
Squatter settlement above Tai Hang Road, 4 December 1963.