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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.

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.

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.