Shek Kip Mei
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Shek Kip Mei, originally known as Shek Kap Mei, is an area in New Kowloon, to the northeast of the Kowloon Peninsula of Hong Kong. It borders Sham Shui Po and Kowloon Tong.
Shek Kip Mei in 2009
The 1953 Shek Kip Mei fire
Shek Kip Mei Estate (foreground) in 2006. The area on the left has since been redeveloped to new Shek Kip Mei Estate in 2012
new Shek Kip Mei Estate in 2012
Shek Kip Mei fire
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The Shek Kip Mei fire took place in Hong Kong on 25 December 1953. It destroyed the Shek Kip Mei shanty town of immigrants from mainland China who had fled to Hong Kong, leaving over 53,000 people hom
Shek Kip Mei
…At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Shek Kip Mei was 72. A major fire on 25 December 1953 destroyed the Shek Kip Mei shanty town of immigrants from Mainland China who had fled to Hong Kong, leaving 53,000 people homeless…
Shek Kip Mei fire aftermath