In just months, residents of Hong Kong’s Cha Kwo Ling village will bid farewell to their homes for decades.
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“I'm unwilling to part with anything,” said Lo, who expects to be relocated to a newer district of east Kowloon. Some of the immigrants arrived in the city between late 1940s and 1950s, fleeing the civil war in China or seeking better economic opportunities. The influx swelled Hong Kong’s population from 600,000 in 1945 to 2 million by 1950, according to a government's website. Unable to afford housing, many people built wooden homes in squatter villages. In 1953, an estimated 300,000 people were living in such settlements across the city.
However, the precarious nature of the settlements came with risks. Fires in squatter houses have always been a concern and helped drive the British colonial government to resettle residents into public housing. In Cha Kwo Ling, Lo, the long-time villager, expressed reservations about moving into a high-rise building.
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