Shek Kip Mei Estate

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Shek Kip Mei Estate is one of Hong Kong’s earliest and most historically significant public housing estates, built to rehouse residents after a devastating 1953 fire.

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Shek Kip Mei Estate canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf public housing estate ⓘ
residential complex ⓘ
architecturalStyle utilitarian modernist (redeveloped blocks) ⓘ
associatedWithPolicy resettlement housing policy of colonial Hong Kong government ⓘ
buildingType high-rise residential buildings ⓘ
category Public housing estates in Hong Kong ⓘ
Residential buildings in Hong Kong ⓘ
city Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China
constructionStartYear 1954 ⓘ
contains Mei Ho House ⓘ
country Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China
developer Hong Kong Housing Authority ⓘ
eraOfOriginalBlocks Mark I resettlement blocks ⓘ
governingBody Hong Kong Housing Authority ⓘ
hasBlockType Mark I blocks (historical) ⓘ
Mark II blocks (historical) ⓘ
newer high-rise blocks ⓘ
hasCommercialFacilities yes ⓘ
hasCommunityFacilities yes ⓘ
hasFunction provides low-cost housing ⓘ
rehousing squatter and fire-displaced residents ⓘ
hasResidentialUse yes ⓘ
heritageBuilding Mei Ho House ⓘ
historicalEventRelatedTo Shek Kip Mei fire ⓘ
initialCompletionYear 1954 ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName Chinese ⓘ
locatedIn Kowloon ⓘ
Sham Shui Po District ⓘ
Shek Kip Mei ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China
locatedOn Kowloon Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Kowloon
nearbyMTRStation Shek Kip Mei station ⓘ
notableFor historical significance in post-war urban development of Hong Kong ⓘ
role in the origin of Hong Kong’s public housing programme ⓘ
originalArchitecturalStyle austere resettlement block design ⓘ
originalBuildingType resettlement blocks ⓘ
ownedBy Hong Kong Housing Authority ⓘ
partOfProgram Hong Kong public housing programme ⓘ
publicHousingType rental housing ⓘ
reasonForConstruction rehousing residents displaced by the 1953 Shek Kip Mei fire ⓘ
redevelopment comprehensively redeveloped from the 1970s onwards ⓘ
redevelopmentPhase old Mark I and Mark II blocks replaced by new high-rise blocks ⓘ
region East Asia ⓘ
significance first major public housing estate built by the Hong Kong government ⓘ
one of the earliest public housing estates in Hong Kong ⓘ
status in use ⓘ
timePeriod post-World War II Hong Kong ⓘ
transportConnection Shek Kip Mei station on the MTR Kwun Tong line ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sham Shui Po District → hasPublicHousingEstate → Shek Kip Mei Estate ⓘ
Shek Kip Mei → knownFor → Shek Kip Mei Estate ⓘ