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The City Development in the Post War Period

Social and Educational Development

Housing

c.1956-1957 X1000318
A view of the Lei Cheng Uk Estate from the hills above the Tai Po Road, c.1956-1957.
1957 HKRS1448-1-210
Shek Kip Mei Resettlement Estate, 1957.

1958 03-05-103
Li Cheng Uk Resettlement Estate and Li Cheng Uk Government Primary School, c. 1958.
1962 HKRS365-1-54-2
A family at dinner in a resettlement estate, 1962.
1963 03-05-101
Wong Tai Sin Resettlement Estate, c. 1963.
1964 HKRS365-1-115-5
A flat in the Choi Hung Estate, 1964.
1966 HKRS365-1-201-3
Kwai Chung Resettlement Estate, 1966.
1968 HKRS365-1-303-1
Shops in Wah Fu Estate, 1968.
c.1960s X1000187
Shops situated in Choi Hung Estate, c.1960s.
c.1960s X1000188
So Uk Estate, c.1960s.
c.1960s X1000188
Recreation space at So Uk Estate, c.1960s.
c.1970s X1000188
The architectural design of Oi Man Estate consists of two types: the old slab style and the twin tower style, c.1970s.
c.1970s X1000188
Oi Man Estate was one of the first public housing estates to feature a specially designed shopping mall, providing convenience for residents of the estate and neighboring areas, c.1970s.
c.1970s X1000188
Choi Hung Estate, before it became multi-coloured, c.1970s.
c.1970s X1000188
The bus terminus near Wah Fu Shopping Centre, c.1970s.
c.1979-1980 X1000188
Lung Tin Estate at Tai O, c. 1979-1980.
c.late 1980s X1000188
Lei Cheng Uk Estate, c.late 1980s.

 

Medical Service

1959 HKRS365-1-24-5
Out-patients clinic, Kowloon Hospital, 1959.
1959 HKRS365-1-27-2
In 1955, the Tsan Yuk Hospital moved to its current location on Hospital Road in Sai Ying Pun, 1959.
1963 03-04-086
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 11 December 1963.
1971 04-02-040
Government clinic at Kwai Chung, 10 November 1971.
HKRS365-1-346-4
A government clinic providing medical service.
HKRS365-1-346-1
A Health visitor to a village meeting an elderly.

Education

1962 02-04-079
Chai Wan Government Primary School, June 1962.
1964 HKRS365-1-119-2
A primary class on the rooftop of a resettlement block, 1964.
1964 HKRS365-1-119-4
A physical education class, 1964.
1965 HKRS365-1-173-11
A typical school in Tsuen Wan, 1965.
HKRS365-1-346-7
A primary school at Sau Mau Ping Resettlement Estate.
HKRS365-1-346-5
A classroom in a resettlement estate school.
1972 HKRS365-1-386-1
An ETV programme is being screened in a primary class, 1972.
1971 04-03-047
The Chinese University at Sha Tin under construction, 14 June 1971.
 

Social Service

HKRS365-1-445-1
A government social worker at work.

HKRS365-1-445-2
A Government Day Nursery.

1965 HKRS365-1-144-3
A mobile library operated by the Social Welfare Department, 1965.