"Arguing that the pattern of residential development in Hong Kong today is the cumulative result of historical forces this study first outlines the Colony's struggle to provide homes for its people over the past 130 years. Attention is then paid to the last ten years, when 'the Past meets the Present' and finally to the next decade, with its plans for the creation of further new towns, which hopefully will go a long way to solving current problems." -- from the back cover. Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. The Problem Takes Root: 1841-1881; 3. The Chadwick Report; 4. Prelude to Disaster: 1882 - 1894; 5. The Great Plague of 1894 and Remedial Action; 6. Chadwick Returns and New Reforms; 7. The Inter-War Years: 1918 - 1940; 8. The Period of Transition: 1945 - 1961; 9. The Past Meets the Present: 1962 - 1972; 10. Looking Ahead; and 11. References. With charts, maps, tables, drawings, and numerous photographs.

Housing in Hong Kong

Pryor, E.G.

Oxford University Press

1973

2007.066.629