APPENDIX I
Population of Resettlement Areas and Estates
MARINE DEPARTMENT LIBRARY
Resettlement Areas and Estates
Population on 1st April, 1956
Increase or
Population
on 31st March, 1957
decrease during the
year
A. Cottage Areas.
(One-storey cottages and huts)
Hong Kong Island.
Chai Wan..
Fu Tau Wat
11,179
1,421
11,999 1,423
Healthy Village Soo Kun Poo
647
501
2,217
2,345
Mount Davis
1,737
1,828
++1++
820
2
146
128
91
Kowloon.
Ngau Tau Kok
4,924
5,079
155
Chuk Yuen
7,926
8,099
+
173
Tung Tau...
5,663
5,757
94
Shek Shan
540
549
9
Homantin & King's Park
26,869
26,954
85
Tai Hang Sai
2,617
2,655
38
Lai Chi Kok
1,296
1,333
37
Tai Woh Ping
394
1,539
+ 1,145
Tai Woh Hau (Tsuen Wan)
2,963
3,643
--- 680
Totals for Cottage Areas
70,393
73,704
+ 3,311
B. Emergency Accommodation at
Shek Kip Mei (Kowloon).
(Two and three-storey buildings)
36,747
19,804
-16,943
C. Multi-storey Estates.
(Six and seven-storey buildings)
Kowloon.
Shek Kip Mei
44
17,999
36,958
+18,959
Li Cheng Uk
17,871
40,285
+22,414
Tai Hang Tung
32,787
38,015
+- 5,228
Hung Hom....
nil
4,735
+ 4,735
Totals for Multi-storey Estates...........
68,657
119,993
+51,336
Grand Totals
175,797
213,501
+37,704
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