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The City Development in the Post War Period

New Towns

Kwun Tong

1960 HKRS365-1-22-7
Plan of Kwun Tong Reclamation stages, 1960.
1960 HKRS365-1-22-8
A low cost housing estate in Kwun Tong, 1960.
1960s HKRS365-1-271-1
Part of the industrial area at Kwun Tong, 1960s.
c.1963 03-05-102
Kwun Tong Resettlement Estate, c.1963.
1972 HKRS1015-1-40
Yue Man Square (near Tung Yan Street), 1972.
c.1981 X1000187
Panoramic view of Shun Lee (left) and Shun On Estates in East Kowloon. Note distinctive cruciform block of Shun On at right, c.1981.
c.1986 X1000187
Two modern blocks built under phase III of the redevelopment programme for Kwun Tong (Tsui Ping Road) Estate dwarf the adjacent old blocks in the estate, c.1986.

Tsuen Wan

1965 HKRS365-1-173-1
General view of Tsuen Wan, 1965.
1965 HKRS365-1-173-7
Tsuen Wan Ferry Pier, 1965.
1965 HKRS365-1-173-9
Tsuen Wan Resettlement Estate, 1965.

Sha Tin

HKRS365-1-453-2
An aerial view of Shatin.
HKRS365-1-444-6
The Shatin Water Treatment Works.
HKRS365-1-453-5
The Lion Rock Tunnel.

Tai Po

c.1970s 711.4095125 MAR 1979
Reclamation work for the Tai Po New Town development in progress, c.1970s
c.1970s 711.4095125 MAR 1979
Ting Kok Road, c.1970s.

c.1970s 711.4095125 MAR 1979
The school bus of students in Tai Po, c.1970s.

c.1970s 711.4095125 MAR 1979
Tai Po Market station, c.1970s.
c.1970s 711.4095125 MAR 1979
Means of transport in Tai Po, c.1970s.

Yuen Long

c.1970s 711.4095125 MAR 1979
Yuen Long Hop Yick Market, c.1970s.
c.1970s 711.4095125 MAR 1979
The main street at Yuen Long, c.1970s.
c.1970s 711.4095125 MAR 1979
Yuen Long, c.1970s.
c.1970s 711.4095125 MAR 1979
The Yuen Long Stadium, c.1970s.

Fanling/Sheung Shui/Shek Wu Hui

1974 HKRS471-2-5
Luen Wo Hui, Wo Fung Street, 1974.

c.1970s 711.4095125 MAR 1979
Luen Wo Hui, Wo Fung Street, c.1970s.

c.1970s 711.4095125 MAR 1979
An aerial view of Fanling and Sheung Shui, c.1970s.
c.1970s 711.4095125 MAR 1979
Village houses in Fanling, c.1970s.

Tuen Mun

c.1970s X1000188
An aerial view of the construction of On Ting Estate and Yau Oi Estate, c.1970s.

c.1970s 711.4095125 TUE 1976
The development of Tuen Mun New Town, which was planned to house half a million people, started in the early 1970s, c.1970s.
1980 306.34095125 HON
Tai Hing Estate, 1980.


1980-1981 X1000188
On Ting Commercial Complex, 1980-1981.
1980-1981 X1000188
On Ting Commercial Complex, 1980-1981.