Public housing estates in Shek Kip Mei

Hong Kong's public housing program was initiated by Governor Alexander Grantham following a major fire on 25 December 1953.

[1] The Shek Kip Mei area was the location of tens of thousands of makeshift homes of immigrants from Mainland China.

[2][3] Formerly Tai Wo Ping Cottage Area (Chinese: 大窩坪平房區)[4][5] and built at a hill near Lung Cheung Road, the estate consists of 4 residential blocks completed in 1983.

[12] The estate was constructed as a result of a fire in Shek Kip Mei in 1953, to settle the families of inhabitants in the squats over the hill who lost their homes in one night.

The estate was built and managed by a privately owned company called "Hong Kong Settlers Housing Corporation Limited" (Chinese: 香港平民屋宇有限公司).