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Wong, a 61-year-old Hong Kong resident, is one of a growing number of citizens forced into so-called "coffin homes," 20-square-foot cages that offer just enough space to lie down and hang a few ...

SoCO called for the new regulations to extend to “coffin” homes. “This kind of bed homes is the shame of Hong Kong,” said its deputy director, Sze Lai-shan. The Housing Bureau said the ...

Even if they might want or need more space, residents are often within arm's reach of the things they treasure most.

Tens of thousands of young people, aged 18 or younger, in Hong Kong ... inside 55 sq ft: sleeping with suitcases, cooking next to the toilet and living on less than HK$300 a week Cage homes ...

Their previous flat, one of many in Hong Kong dubbed “coffin homes,” had cost around HK$5,000 ($650) a month in rent. Now the family pays HK$3,000--25 percent of the income of the retired Lau ...

School closures have highlighted yet another obstacle for children living in subdivided flats in Hong Kong. About 55 per ... Moving from a “coffin home” to a 290 sq ft space like “winning ...

Leung used to manage a factory in mainland China before the Asian financial crisis of the 1990s, but now, estranged from his wife and two grown-up children, lives in a "coffin" home in Hong Kong ...