Mei Ho House 美荷樓 Traditional Cache
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美荷樓（Mei Ho House），全稱石硤尾邨美荷樓，位於香港九龍石硤尾清拆後分期重建的石硤尾邨，是現時香港碩果僅存的「H」形7層徙置大廈，獲評為二級歷史建築。石硤尾邨各座舊型大廈陸續清拆，並分期重建，興建4,110個單位，在2011年落成，並接收鄰近的蘇屋邨拆遷戶。除重建公屋外，房屋署會興建安老院、青少年中心和小學等公共設施，第41座美荷樓則建議保留作公屋博物館。
Heritage of Mei Ho House (HMHH) museum is the first privately-run museum established by the Hong Kong Youth Hostels Association. Mei Ho House, Mei Ho House originated from a devastating blaze that broke out in 1953 (later known as "Shek Kip Mei Fire").
The fire caused nearly 58,000 people homeless. In order to provide long term housing to the large number of fire victims, the government built the first batch of resettlement blocks (Block A to H) on the site of the fire. The eight six-storey resettlement blocks, which included Mei Ho House, were completed in 1954.
Mei Ho House marked the beginning of Hong Kong’s public housing policies, making it an ideal site for setting up a museum focusing on the history of the local community and the evolution of public housing and folk life.
HMHH is established to promote community-led conservation of the tangible and intangible cultural heritage, traditions and ethoses of Mei Ho House and Hong Kong through collection and preservation of artefacts, research, education and exhibition of Hong Kong’s community development, living environments and aspects of social life since the 1950s.
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