ABSTRACT
Kong’s infrastructure and building stock was hopelessly depleted (see Cuthbert, 1998 and Leeds, 1998). In the years following the Chinese Revolution (1949), Hong Kong was again inundated with refugees, and the inflow continued for many years. From 1951 to 1966, each five-year period brought an average increase of half-a-million inhabitants. Altogether, these are staggering numbers, and it is hard to imagine any government coping with the demands for housing and infrastructure.
