The second-class historic building, the Mei Ho House Living Museum in Sham Shui Po, has been reopened to the public from Wednesday (2nd) after being fully renovated for nearly a year. , there are also ten exhibition areas, covering the necessities of life in the 1950s and 1960s, recreating the daily life of the past, including lingering in the herbal tea shop to listen to "Sky Novels" and "Flying Hair Shop".
The Chief Executive, Mr. Lee Ka-chiu, said at the ceremony that he "talked about the past", recalling that he lived in Sham Shui Po when he was young and was studying in a primary school in the same district. "Every time I come to Sham Shui Po, it is like returning to a housing enterprise." The Policy Address emphasizes that to solve the housing problem, it is necessary to increase the supply, as well as increase the quantity, speed, efficiency and quality. In the next five years, the authorities will provide 30,000 new simple public housing units, and the waiting time for public housing will be comprehensively "capped". ”, while compressing the land-building program.
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Mei Ho House Living Museum will reopen to the public tomorrow. The exhibition will showcase the past and present transformation of Mei Ho House and restore the appearance of the original units of Mei Ho House.
(Photo by Liao Yanxiong)
On Christmas Eve in 1953, a fire broke out in Shek Kip Mei, which caused a huge change in Hong Kong's housing policy.
In order to resettle nearly 60,000 victims, the Hong Kong government built the first eight six-storey resettlement buildings, including Mei Ho House, marking the beginning of Hong Kong's public housing policy.
With the donation of the Jockey Club Charitable Trust, Mei Ho House Life Museum has completed nearly a year of renovation works. It will reopen to the public tomorrow. It has a two-storey exhibition area to showcase the past and present transformation of Mei Ho House, as well as the oral history of the old neighborhood. The old household items, restore the appearance of the initial unit of Mei Ho House, one house and two households, separated by wooden planks, as well as the classic images of bunk beds and "courts", which are vivid and vivid. Multimedia elements are also added to the exhibition area to introduce the popularity of the 1950s and 1970s. In the Tiantai Primary School, visitors can also interact on the spot, simulating the scene of returning to school to do morning exercises at that time.
John Woo shares life moments
The scene also recounted the life moments shared by many old neighbors of Shek Kip Mei Village, including famous film director John Woo's "Director's Dream", "Here, I slept on a cot in the public corridor at night to watch the stars and have a movie dream."
The underground exhibition hall is composed of ten themed exhibition areas, covering the necessities of life in the last century, reproducing the popular culture and daily life of the 1950s and 1960s.
The exhibition area starts from the market and the famous stalls. You can also walk into the old gathering place for young people to "check in", hang around in herbal tea shops and listen to the radio "Sky Novels" to experience the entertainment culture of the last century.
Visitors can also experience the nostalgic atmosphere of the "Flying Hair Shop" and the pleasures of an old-time playground.
Nowadays, young people like to hang out in coffee shops, while Hong Kong people in the last century like to visit herbal tea shops and listen to "sky novels" played on the radio.
(Photo by Liao Yanxiong)
Chief Executive Lee Ka-chiu attended the opening ceremony of the exhibition "Love Through Time" at Mei Ho House Living Museum. In his speech, he mentioned that he lived in Sham Shui Po when he was young, and was also studying in a primary school in the same district. "Every time I come to Sham Shui Po, it is like returning to a housing enterprise ”, full of childhood memories and growth footprints.
He also pointed out that Sham Shui Po is a vibrant and warm community that blends the old and the new, and it is also a treasure of history and culture.
He mentioned that his first policy address emphasized that to solve the housing problem, it is necessary to increase the supply, and to increase the quantity, speed, efficiency and quality. The time synthesis of the house is "capped", and the land construction process will be compressed at the same time.
Officiating guests at the ceremony included Jockey Club Vice-Chairman Lee Ka-cheung, Jockey Club Chief Executive Officer Ying Ka-pak, and Secretary for Development Ning Hon-ho.
Chief Executive Li Jiachao (middle) (Photo by Liao Yanxiong)
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