It also saw the birth of public housing in Hong Kong, as the government sought to resettle those displaced by a devastating fire in its slums.

Sham Shui Po also hosted a Vietnamese refugee camp during the influx of migration in the aftermath of the Vietnam War in the 1970s.

[4] Mei Foo Sun Chuen in Lai Chi Kok, built in 1968–1978, was Hong Kong's first large-scale private housing estate.

[5] There are 18 public housing estates in the Sham Shui Po District, divided into sub-districts: The main campus of City University of Hong Kong, was located in Tat Chee Avenue,[6] Sham Shui Po District.

These two companies also jointly operate some routes, most of these crossing the harbour to the Hong Kong Island.