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Colonial Impressions: The She Kip Mei Fire
After the Shek Kip Mei fire, numerous non-governmental organizations initiated charity acts to save the victims. The young Wong Jum-sum saw the highs of the grand parade, and participated in the lows of victims saving. He knew full well that life under colonial rule brought pleasure and pain in equal measure, generating in him a mixed feeling of love and hate. On Christmas night 1953, on a stretch of hillside behind Wong Jum-sum’s home at Kwelin Street, a big fire broke out, destroying the homes of 50,000 people (James Wong Notes: Childhood Neighbours). That disaster occurred at a tantalizing moment in history.
After the Shek Kip Mei fire, numerous non-governmental organizations initiated charity acts to save the victims. The young Wong Jum-sum saw the highs of the grand parade, and participated in the lows of victims saving. He knew full well that life under colonial rule brought pleasure and pain in equal measure, generating in him a mixed feeling of love and hate. On Christmas night 1953, on a stretch of hillside behind Wong Jum-sum’s home at Kwelin Street, a big fire broke out, destroying the homes of 50,000 people (James Wong Notes: Childhood Neighbours). That disaster occurred at a tantalizing moment in history.
After the Shek Kip Mei fire, numerous non-governmental organizations initiated charity acts to save the victims. The young Wong Jum-sum saw the highs of the grand parade, and participated in the lows of victims saving. He knew full well that life under colonial rule brought pleasure and pain in equal measure, generating in him a mixed feeling of love and hate.
On Christmas night 1953, on a stretch of hillside behind Wong Jum-sum’s home at Kwelin Street, a big fire broke out, destroying the homes of 50,000 people (James Wong Notes: Childhood Neighbours). That disaster occurred at a tantalizing moment in history.
