
Published online:
17 September 2015
Published in print:
01 January 2015
Online ISBN:
9789888313044
Print ISBN:
9789888208654
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Rent Control and Squatters Rent Control and Squatters
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An Incentive to Squat An Incentive to Squat
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Public Rental Housing under MacLehose: Nailed to Their Flats (Part 1) Public Rental Housing under MacLehose: Nailed to Their Flats (Part 1)
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HOS under MacLehose: Nailed to Their Flats (Part 2) HOS under MacLehose: Nailed to Their Flats (Part 2)
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Incomplete Ownership and Tenancy Rights Incomplete Ownership and Tenancy Rights
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Unpaid Land Premium Uncertainty Unpaid Land Premium Uncertainty
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Housing Policy Is Always Political Housing Policy Is Always Political
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Chapter
4 On the Nature of Public Sector Housing Policies in Hong Kong
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Richard Wong, Yue Chim, 'On the Nature of Public Sector Housing Policies in Hong Kong', Hong Kong Land for Hong Kong People (Hong Kong , 2015; online edn, Hong Kong Scholarship Online, 17 Sept. 2015), https://doi.org/10.5790/hongkong/9789888208654.003.0004, accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
Abstract
Every person who grew up in Hong Kong has been taught that, after a 1953 Boxing Day fire in Shek Kip Mei, which left 53,000 immigrants homeless, the government initiated a policy to develop Resettlement Estates to house these stranded people. The program continued until eventually more than 200,000 such units were built. It is easy to conclude that a Christmas fire triggered the greatest humanitarian policy initiative in postwar Hong Kong. This is, of course, part of the urban myth we all grew up with. At the very most, the Christmas fire was only one of many relevant reasons for this building program.
Keywords:
Hong Kong, Housing, Housing policy, Public Housing, Politics, Social mobility, Population, Economics, Growth
Subject
Public Policy
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