TABLE A OF APPENDIX I
Population in Resettlement Areas and Estates
Population
Resettlement Areas and Estates
Population on 1st April, 1955
on 31st March, 1956
Increase or decrease during the
year
A. Cottage Areas.
(one-storey cottages and huts)
Hong Kong Island
Chai Wan.....
10,675
11,179
Fu Tau Wat
Healthy Village Soo Kun Poo Mount Davis
Kowloon
Ngau Tau Kok Chuk Yuen
Tung Tau
Shek Shan
Homantin & King's Park
1,381
1,421
848 !
647
1,649
2,217
+1+1
1,682
1,737
504
40
201
568
55
2,314 !
4,924
+ 2,610
+
3,394
7,926
+ 4,532
5,372
5,663
+
291
536
540
+
4
25,542
26,869
+
1,327
Tai Hang Sai
2,465
2,617
152
Lai Chi Kok
1,224
1,296
72
Tai Woh Ping
Nil
394
394
Tai Wo Hau (Tsuen Wan)..
1,142
2,963
→ 1,821
Totals for cottage areas.
58,224
70,393 !
+12,169
B. Emergency Accommodation at
Shek Kip Mei (Kowloon).
(two and three-storey buildings)
36,300
36,747
+447
C. Multi-storey Estates.
(six and seven-storey buildings)
Kowloon
Shek Kip Mei
17,175
17,999
+
Li Cheng Uk
Nil
17,871
Tai Hang Tung
13,123
32,787
824 +17,871 +19,664
Totals for Multi-storey Estates....
30,298
68,657
| 38,359
Grand Totals
124,822
175,797
+50,975
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