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HK cage homes
« on: September 18, 2013, 02:05:20 am »
Caged people of Hong Kong: The tragedy of tens of thousands living in 6ft by 2ft rabbit hutches - in a city with more Louis Vuitton shops than Paris

Hong Kong, one of the world's richest cities, is abuzz with a luxury property boom that has seen homes exchanged for record sums. But the wealth of the city has a darker side, with tens of thousands priced out of housing altogether and forced to live in the most degrading conditions. This picture by British photographer Brian Cassey capture the misery of people - some estimates put the figure as high as 100,000 - who are forced to live in cages measuring just 6ft by 2 1/2ft.

The lower cages are more expensive because you can almost stand inside them, but the conditions are no less squalid. Occupants must share toilets and washing facilities, which are rudimentary. Many of the apartments have no kitchens, forcing their impoverished residents to spend there meagre incomes on takeaway food. The cage homes have been a running scandal in Hong Kong's housing market for decades, yet rather than disappear, they are on the rise.

As the world economic crisis has lashed the city a former British territory whose economy is focused on financial services, more have been forced to turn to them for a place to stay. One cage dweller, Cheung, who lives in Sham Shui Po, told the Asia Times Online he endures appallingly cramped and fetid conditions. 'The temperature inside the cages can be two to three degrees higher than what they are outside,' he said. 'It's really uncomfortable, and sometimes I cannot sleep until after 5 in the morning.'

Cockroaches, wall lizards, lice and rats are common. 'Sometimes I am worried if lizards or cockroaches will crawl into my ears at night,' said Cheung. An alternative is life on the streets.



A building in Mongkok that houses cage people, sometimes squeezed twenty to a room

siguro mas ok na dito yung mga homeless people .. kesa dito sa pinas na nag ssquat sa riles or sa tabi ng kanal .. tsk

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Re: HK cage homes
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2013, 03:16:05 am »
Mainit daw? Di ba gumagawa aircon nila?
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Re: HK cage homes
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2013, 04:02:32 am »
swerte pa homeless dyan they can still say they have Home! dito sa Pinas grabe mga homeless literal especially sa Maynila sa Baywalk kahit saan na lang natutulog kawawa naman.