The Housing Society took over the management of 56 cottages at Ma Tau Chung in 1953. These had been built in 1938 to house refugees from mainland China
A further 128 cottages was built by the Housing Society in 1955
The Ma Tau Chung cottages were demolished in 1962 and, while part of the site was handed back to Government, a new rental estate Chun Seen Mei Chuen was built on the remaining part