Industrial Memory in Sham Shui Po’s Streets
Textile, garment, metal and enamel industries shaped Sham Shui Po; specialist streets still carry traces of that commercial landscape.
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Back to the selectionMei Ho House and the Shape of Resettlement Housing
The H-shaped Mei Ho House records the first generation of Hong Kong public housing and the spatial form of early resettlement blocks.
The Deep-water Pier Lost to Reclamation
Today’s inland streets preserve a name tied to a deepwater pier said to have stood near Pei Ho and Tung Chau streets.
New Work in Shek Kip Mei’s Factory Estate
A nine-storey factory building from 1977 became a centre where studios and public cultural activity occupy former industrial space.
Liu Man Shek Tong: Ancestral Hall, Then School
A Sheung Shui ancestral hall became a modern school in 1932, linking clan memory with changing ideas about education.
Aberdeen Shipyards and the Working Harbour
Aberdeen’s typhoon shelter still contains fishing vessels, workboats and shipyards, making boat repair and maritime labour part of its present landscape.
Possession Point and Sheung Wan’s Changing Shoreline
The names Possession Point and Tai Tat Tei preserve traces of streams, a former coast, military use and a later public park in Sheung Wan.
Stanley Beyond the Waterfront Strip
Stanley’s past extends beyond its waterfront: the district includes Hong Kong’s oldest surviving police station and a school with a wartime history.
Stanley’s Local and Wartime Histories
Stanley’s institutional history spans an 1859 police station, a school used as a military hospital and an internment camp during the Second World War.
St John’s Cathedral Through Wartime Change
Built in 1849, St John’s Cathedral has witnessed changing religious and civic life in Central, including its use as a Japanese club during the occupation.
Sung Wong Toi and the Hill That Is No Longer There
A carved boulder in a Kowloon City garden carries a royal legend, while the vanished hill tells a history of urban change.
Tai Lam: Reservoir Water and a Forest Rebuilt
Tai Lam’s reservoirs and woodlands grew from postwar water infrastructure and afforestation on eroded hills.