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The most disastrous fire in Hong Kong's history broke out in the squatter village o flames swept through 45 acres and, within a matter of three hours, almost 60,00c some little idea of its scale. From the street on the left, right up into the foothills empty shells.
Of the wooden huts which surrounded them scarcely a visible trac
Just ten months later the lower photograph was taken. In place of desolation anı: spread) a brand-new village has arisen....
orderly rows of fireproof building· were devised by the Public Works Department for speedy erection in the minimun village are Hong Kong's long-term answer to the resettlement problem.
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