In 1953, the most destructive fire in the history of Hong Kong hit the squatter area in Shek Kip Mei and left nearly 50 000 homeless. Subsequently, the Government built a large number of temporary accommodations for the victims. Many people think that this marked the beginning of Hong Kong public housing development, but is it really like that? In fact, in as early as the 20’s and 30’s, in view of the large number of Mainland Chinese flooded into Hong Kong, resulting in a serious shortage of housing, the colonial government conducted studies in 1923 and 1935 respectively. The corresponding Housing Committee Report proposed that the Government should offer land grants at low premium for businessmen to build low-cost housing for the people, thereby improving the inadequate housing problem and the poor living condition issue. Of the people moving in Hong Kong back then, some of them are rich businessmen, and some businessmen in Hong Kong also took the opportunity to urge the Government to carry out large scale housing projects. Although Hong Kong was facing an economic downturn at that time, and the proposals could not be implemented or ended in failure, the specific housing recommendations in the report of 1935 had already set the tone for Hong Kong's housing policy. In 1939, the Government formally enacted legislations related to town planning and began to lead the town planning work, thereby breaking the positive non-interventionism policy and marking the milestone of Hong Kong’s housing and town planning history. The first organisation which provided low-rent housing was finally established after WWII, when Hong Kong began to rebuild. With a donation from the Air Raid Distress Fund of the Lord Mayor of London, a housing authority was found. In 1952, Sheung Li Uk Estate, Hong Kong’s first public estate was built. Subsequently, with a huge number of refugees flooding in, a lot of huts were built along the hillside. Later on, several big fires broke out. In o