Say "cheers!": Eva Cheng (third left) and other guests officiate at the exhibition's opening ceremony today.

An exhibition of photographs and documentary videos of three old public housing estates will go on show at the Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre in Shek Kip Mei tomorrow.

Officiating at today's opening ceremony, Secretary for Transport & Housing and Housing Authority Chairman Eva Cheng said the estates - Shek Kip Mei, So Uk and Lower Ngau Tau Kok - were built in the 1950s and 1960s. They played an important social role in the early years of Hong Kong.

She said Shek Kip Mei Estate's Mei Ho House will be revitalised into a youth hostel with a museum on Hong Kong's public housing history.

A number of unique architectural structures at So Uk Estate, including an entrance archway, a triangular white house and a pavilion with a giant mural painted on its arch-shape ceiling, will be revamped.

A cultural path will be built at the new Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate to house the relics of the old estate.

The Housing Authority has commissioned local photographers and video production companies to capture and record the historic vistas as well as the estates' residents' elapsing lifestyle and emotional ties.

The exhibition will run at the centre until July 25, then move to Pacific Place until July 30, Sha Tin Town Hall until August 16 and Tuen Mun Town Hall until August 30.

To tie in with the exhibition, part of Mei Ho House will open to the public on July 12, 18, 19 and 25 - allowing visitors to revisit the lifestyle of the residents half a century ago and appreciate the simplicity in the architectural design of Mark I resettlement blocks.

There will also be a session on July 19 where the three photographers will share their experiences in taking the photos.