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The Housing and Resettlement Problem
in Hong Kong
General
Housing has been a serious problem in Hong Kong
since the end of the war. The shortage has been due
to damage and neglect during the Japanese occupation
and to the great influx of refugees from China
(over one million) in the early post-war years,
together with a high natural rate of increase in
the population. The population rose from 600,000
at the end of the war
to 21 million by 1954. It
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now stands at just ofer 4 million. Despite the
housing programme described below there are still
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today an estimated "squatters" living in
shacks, on rooftops and on the pavements of Hong
Kong.
The Housing Programmes
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After some early experiments in Government
housing, the Hong Kong Government launched in 1954
(i)
programmes of "resettlement" and "low cost housing
for the lowest income groups; the former provides
a basic standard of accommodation, the latter a
slightly higher standard. By the end of March,
more than
1970
one-third of the entire population of
Hong Kong was housed in accommodation provided
by the Government and by Government aided agencies,
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