In creative writing, such as short stories,
writers can decide when to start their story without necessarily
following a chronological order (e.g. flashback). However, clarity
is crucial in academic texts. To avoid ambiguity or confusion, a
chronological order is usually adopted
in presenting events or developments over time in academic
writing.
Development
of Public Housing in Hong
Kong
[1] In as early as the 1920s and 30s, in view of the
large number of Mainland Chinese flooded into Hong Kong,
resulting in a serious shortage of housing, the
government conducted studies in 1923 and 1935 respectively.
The corresponding Housing Committee Report proposed that the
government should offer land grants at low premium for
businessmen to build low-cost housing for the people,
thereby improving the inadequate housing problem and the
poor living condition issue.
[2] In 1939, the government formally enacted
legislations related to town planning and began to lead the
town planning work, thereby marking the milestone of Hong
Kong’s housing and town planning history.
[3] The first organisation which provided low-rent
housing was finally established after World War II. With a
donation from the Air Raid Distress Fund of the Lord Mayor
of London, a housing authority was founded. In 1952, Sheung
Li Uk Estate, the first public estate in Hong Kong was
built. Following that, with a huge number of refugees
flooding in, a lot of huts were built along the hillside.
Later on, several big fires broke out. In order to
effectively rehouse the victims, the government
built her first wholly-owned government housing – the
resettlement buildings in Shek Kip Mei in 1953, which also
marked the beginning of the government public housing
measures.
[4] In the 1960s, as urban land was becoming
increasingly scarce, the government announced the
implementation of new town plans, with Kwun Tong and Tsuen
Wan being the first generation of new towns or satellite
towns. To cope with the prevailing industrial development,
public housing estates were built near the industrial areas.
In the 1970s, Governor MacLehose announced his Ten-year
Housing Programme to use public housing to kick start the
community development, so as to establish a self-support
community in all aspects.
[5] Public housing provides Hong Kong people with
stable accommodations and complements the land planning
policies in different periods, which greatly facilitates
Hong Kong’s social-economic development.
Adapted from:
https://podcast.rthk.hk/podcast/item.php?pid=1018&eid=73141&year=2016&lang=en-US