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The magnitude of the Shek Kip Mei fire and the speed with which order was restored and new houses built can be guaged from the photographs on this page. They were taken in early February, only six weeks after the fire. By that time the whole site had been largely levelled, new streets laid out, drainage and water mains installed and The first cottages of brick and stone with asbestos roofs were going up rapidly. were ready for occupation by February 16. By the end of the year 54,000 people had been re-housed.
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