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Former Yau Ma Tei typhoon shelter (background) pictured in 1985.
Former Yau Ma Tei typhoon shelter in the 1970s

Yau Ma Tei boat people refers to those who lived in the Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter, Kowloon, Hong Kong from around 1916 to 1990. Yau Ma Tei boat people mainly consisted of Tanka people. In the 1980s many families moved to public housing on land under a special Housing Authority scheme.[1] The original typhoon shelter was filled in under the Airport Core Programme in the 1990s.

  1. ^ "Offer to boat families". South China Morning Post. 1 May 1987. p. 2.

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