Hong Kong Redux - The Hong Kong Resettlement Programme: 1950-1972 日升日落：香港徙置計劃1950-1972

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Similar to squatting, resettlement was among the most prominent features of post-war Hong Kong housing development. By 1967, a million of Hong Kong people (a quarter of the population then), lived in overcrowded resettlement estates. The resettlement programme had become well-known internationally. Life in resettlement estates was an important shared memory among many Hong Kong people.

Illustrated with rare historical photos, Tim Ko, Historian-in-Residence of UChicago Yuen Campus Hong Kong, will share with the audience the stories and primary objective of the resettlement programme, which was always mistakenly believed to be housing refugees per se. This is, in fact, far from the truth.

和寮屋一樣，徙置計劃是戰後香港房屋發展的一大特徵。及至1967年，已有一百萬香港人（佔當時人口的四分之一）生活在環境擠迫的徙置區。在上世紀的六十年代，該計劃在國際上已廣為人知。徙置區的生活是許多香港人重要的共同集體回憶。

芝加哥大學香港校園駐場歷史學家高添強先生將以罕見的歷史照片作說明，與聽眾分享徙置計劃的來龍去脈和其他故事。一直以來，不少人相信計劃是為安置難民而設，實情卻相去甚遠。

This program will be broadcast in Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles and illustrations of rare historical photos.
本節目將以粵語廣播，附有中、英文字幕；並以珍貴歷史圖片作說明。

Speaker 講者:

Mr. KO Tim Keung 高添強先生

Mr. KO Tim Keung, Historian-in-Residence, was formerly council member of the Royal Asiatic Society (Hong Kong Branch) and a member of the Antiquities Advisory Board. He also served as a museum expert adviser for the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. At present, he is an advisor for the Collection Committee of the Hong Kong Maritime Museum. He has written extensively on various aspects of Hong Kong history.

高添強先生，芝加哥大學香港校園駐場歷史學家，前皇家亞洲學會（香港分會）幹事、古物諮詢委員會成員、康樂及文化署博物館專家顧問，現為香港海事博物館館藏委員會成員，曾出版多本與香港歷史有關的專著。

Online Photo Exhibition: Memories of a Byone Era

Rotating Exhibition - Memories of a Bygone Era: Resettlement in Hong Kong 1950-1972
專題展覽 - 《香江憶舊：1950至1972年的徙置歷程》

About Hong Kong Redux

The UChicago Yuen Campus’ new Yuen Lecture Series ‘Hong Kong Redux’ seeks to explore the deep corners of Hong Kong’s cultural history and society.  UChicago and other subject matter experts representing decades of knowledge of Hong Kong will join together to celebrate the evolution of Hong Kong’s arts, literature, cinema and more.  Get in the Yuen Campus team’s virtual time machine to have a nostalgic look back at Hong Kong’s bygone Post War era and discover how Hong Kong became the mega-city it is today.  Read More