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[[File:Shekkipmei fire 1953 aftermath.jpg|thumb|Shek Kip Mei Fire aftermath]] |
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The '''Shek Kip Mei Fire''' ({{zh|t=石硤尾大火}}) took place in [[Hong Kong]] on 25 December 1953. It destroyed the [[Shek Kip Mei]] [[shantytown]] of immigrants from [[Mainland China]] who had fled [[communist revolution in China|communist rule]] to Hong Kong. 53,000 people were left homeless.<ref name="Madokoro48">{{cite book |last1=Madokoro |first1=Laura |title=Elusive Refuge |date=26 September 2016 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-97385-5 |page=48 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xYsrDQAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref> |
The '''Shek Kip Mei Fire''' ({{zh|t=石硤尾大火}}) took place in [[Hong Kong]] on 25 December 1953. It destroyed the [[Shek Kip Mei]] [[shantytown]] of immigrants from [[Mainland China]] who had fled [[communist revolution in China|communist rule]] to Hong Kong, then a [[British dependent territory|British crown colony]]. 53,000 people were left homeless.<ref name="Madokoro48">{{cite book |last1=Madokoro |first1=Laura |title=Elusive Refuge |date=26 September 2016 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-97385-5 |page=48 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xYsrDQAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref> |
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The area that was destroyed by the fire is bounded by [[Boundary Street]] and [[Tai Po Road]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gwulo.com/atom/11026 |title=Shek Kip Mei after the fire, 1953 |website=gwulo.com |access-date=September 3, 2020}}</ref> |
The area that was destroyed by the fire is bounded by [[Boundary Street]] and [[Tai Po Road]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gwulo.com/atom/11026 |title=Shek Kip Mei after the fire, 1953 |website=gwulo.com |access-date=September 3, 2020}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 13:17, 25 November 2021
The Shek Kip Mei Fire (Chinese: 石硤尾大火) took place in Hong Kong on 25 December 1953. It destroyed the Shek Kip Mei shantytown of immigrants from Mainland China who had fled communist rule to Hong Kong, then a British crown colony. 53,000 people were left homeless.[1]
The area that was destroyed by the fire is bounded by Boundary Street and Tai Po Road.[2]
After the fire, Governor Alexander Grantham launched a public housing programme to introduce the idea of "multi-storey building" for the immigrant population living there. The standardised new structures offered fire- and flood-resistant construction to previously vulnerable hut dwellers. The programme involved demolishing the rest of the makeshift houses left untouched by the fire, and the construction of the Shek Kip Mei Low-cost Housing Estate in their stead.[3] Alongside a huge volunteer effort, the council[which?] spent nearly HK$ 16 million in relief work.[1]
References
- ^ a b Madokoro, Laura (26 September 2016). Elusive Refuge. Harvard University Press. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-674-97385-5.
- ^ "Shek Kip Mei after the fire, 1953". gwulo.com. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
- ^ "Stories of Hong Kong - Shek Kip Mei fire". hkpl.gov.hk. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
External links
- Shek Kip Mei fire, Stories of Hong Kong from Hong Kong Public Libraries, Retrieved 2018-05-25
- Smart, Alan (1 June 2006). The Shek Kip Mei Myth: Squatters, Fires and Colonial Rule in Hong Kong, 1950–1963 (PDF). Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 9789622097926.
- Photos about Shek Kip Mei Fire
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