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Hong Kong’s pricey property market has a dark side – cramped and claustrophobic subdivided flats, where people live in spaces as small as 15 sq ft (1.4 sq metres). What is life like inside a flat smaller than a prison cell? SCMP explores the city’s shoebox flats through the lives of those who call these tiny spaces home.
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Capitalism is disgusting.
Inhumane, it should be illegal to make people live like this.
Capitalism won’t fix housing.
This is criminal.
How is this not a human rights violation?
Does Milton receive any salary? This type of housing is immoral. If Milton is not receiving much salary in HK, he may as well move to a suburb. These close confines are so unhealthy, its depravity so typical of the wealthy. And the government, skilled with the endless excuses for why they can't create better living conditions for their citizens. Because it's easy to ignore a problem, isn't that what politicians do best?
Still better than being homeless
Living there is like being buried alive!
I feel sad with the living conditions this people have to go through, i hope the government find a lasting solution to this home crisis. Most times it amazes me greatly how I moved from an average lifestyle to earning over $63k per month, Utter shock is the word. I have understood a lot in the past few years that there are lots of opportunities in the financial market. The only thing is to know where to invest.
Dont have kids when you're poor. Problem solved.
I'd Budd Dwyer if I had to live there
1:49 that ain't 10 ft bro
My dog has a better life
Maybe they should have out the bunk bed in front of the window?
Why they pay only 1/5 for rent, could get much bigger space if pay a third for example.
Also women need to work, my mother was job hunting with me in her arms when i was a baby. No excuses
The coffin homes are better than living homeless in the streets in USA .
Remember that there are snow in USA.
China must help HK solve its high cost of apartments issue.
When I was first married our first apartment in HK was 150sqft – luxury compared to this.
Hard to watch even tho I'm poor in Brazil, Honk Kong is 10x worse
It's criminal that criminals have better living spaces.
im in awe.. doesnt even seem real… its like a lab experiment. waiting to see who finally reacts and makes a move
my science teacher talked about this when we were discuss about overpopulation and it's impact on nature & humans-
this is way worse than she out it (even tho she tried to be as raw about it as possible)
Another beautiful HK story for the HK Chief Executive to tell the world.
Ewww I hate poverty 😂 j
Just find a new job
How is this even allowed?!
Why not build stories that are 20 stories high and 20 stories low, as in underground? Anything is better than this.
i thought tiny nyc apartments were bad…
This feels one step removed from The Matrix style pods.
Harrowing.
Its just like the bowery. Caged men.
This is better than Bangladeshi & Indian slum.
It's crazy that the 2nd richest nation in the world is worse than a lot of poor countries
so dystopian
Communism is great
The info about Hong Kong's land use is false.
There's many suitable space for living, but the land is owned by the government and it prefers to lease these lands at astronomical prices instead of solving the housing issue.
Hong Kong's government doesn't tax anything, so it lives on land speculation. It's the worst capitalism has to offer.
Hong kong goverment? Im sorry but Hong-Kong is in china. So Hong-Kong falls under Chinese goverment. Despite what some silly people will have you believe
How come China doesn't fix this problem? I thought they would help the people of cage city and get rid of landlordism.
I was wondering what caused the housing price in Hk to be this ridiculous
Some of the rich are so greedy that that they'd probably love to do this in the U.S. and in other countries. They don't want anyone to own their own homes.
Reminds me of Midgar City from FFVII
While in China there are ghosts cities and unsold apartments.