Uncle Tortoise is taking his nephew Tortie and niece Torlie on an adventurous journey back to the past. Riding on Uncle Tortoise’s travel gadget, a funny flying machine with two big wings and a solar panel, the children are going to see what housing was like in Hong Kong in the 1950s, and how it became what it is today.
In this book, the various stages of Hong Kong housing development and some related issues are introduced:
1. Squatters 木屋;
2. Tenement buildings 唐樓;
3. The big fire of 1953 一九五三年石硤尾大火;
4. Resettlement estates (Early public housing estates) 徙置區 (早期公屋);
5. Temporary housing areas 臨屋區;
6. New towns 新市鎮;
7. Village houses 村屋;
8. Modern public housing estates 新型公屋;
9. Home Ownership Scheme 居屋計劃;
10. Redevelopment and urban renewal 市區重建;
11. Challenges ahead 未來挑戰
