Mei Ho House - A nostalgic characteristic building. A museum themed on public housing in Hong Kong.

About one Christmas Eve in 1953, a ruthless fire caused the loss of more than 50,000 residents in the Shek Kip Mei squatter area. In order to resettle a large number of victims in a short period of time, eight six-storey public houses were built at that time. The place that HongKongFootprint.com will visit this time is a museum that was converted from one of these six-storey public houses.

"Mei Ho House" in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon is one of the six-storey public houses built for this purpose in the past. With the completion of "Mei Ho House", it also marked a change in Hong Kong's public housing policy and accelerated the development of the public housing policy in the future.

"Mei Ho House" is the only existing "H" type public house in Hong Kong, and it is also the first design of the same type of housing in Hong Kong. Due to its important historical value, "Mei Ho House" has been rated as a Grade II Historic Building in Hong Kong, and it has been preserved and converted into "YHA Mei Ho House Youth Hostel" on its original site, and the two-storey "Heritage of Mei Ho House museum".

"Heritage of Mei Ho House museum" is a public housing-themed museum, which mainly introduces the development history of public housing in Hong Kong and the living culture of public housing estates. There are more than thousands of precious exhibits in the exhibition hall. Through different displays and methods, it outlines the life scenes of the former public housing estates.

Although the "Heritage of Mei Ho House museum" is not very big, it has a very rich collection of exhibits. In addition to displaying some items donated by former residents, the exhibition hall also briefly introduces the history and culture of Hong Kong's public housing estates. These materials are very useful, so that visitors can better understand the development history and living characteristics of Hong Kong.

As for "YHA Mei Ho House Youth Hostel", it provides simple accommodation services, allowing visitors to live in this historical place at a relatively cheap price and experience the living environment of public housing. There are nostalgic restaurants and small shops with full of characteristics, which are also suitable for backpackers to try.

If you also want to visit Mei Ho House, it is recommended to take the MTR to Sham Shui Po Station and leave at Exit D2. After that, walk along Kweilin Street until you reach Tai Po Road. When you reach Tai Po Road, you can see Mei Ho House. It is very easy to find, so don't worry.

Location: Mei Ho House
Address: 70 Berwick Street, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon



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