As Hong Kong began its slow recovery from the Japanese occupation, the government took its first step to rebuild the territory's political, social and economic structures. Measures to eliminate racial discrimination were initiated : senior government positions were opened to Chinese citizens - a locally recruited civil servant was promoted to the rank of department head for the first time in 1952 - and the prohibition that prevented Chinese people from living on the Peak and the southern part of Cheung Chau Island was also lifted.
Food rationing remained in force until 1955, while the acute housing shortage led to the introduction of a resettlement housing programme after 1953.
Rapid progress was made in education, with the number of pupils in schools leaping from 4,000 in 1945 to 418,546 in 1958, while a seven-year school expansion programme was launched in 1954 with the aim of providing places for all children of primary school age.
Credit : History Museum of HK.
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