Hong Kong’s dirty little secret

Hong Kong's underclass

Kristie Hang and Benjamin Gottlieb recently wrote a story for CNN’s website about some members of Hong Kong’s underclass:

Hong Kong’s poorest living in ‘coffin homes’

Hidden amid the multi-million dollar high-rise apartments and chic shopping malls of Hong Kong’s urban centers are scores of tiny, unseen tenements — some no bigger than coffins — that many people call home.

Mak, 72, has lived in his four-walled “coffin home” overlooking the city’s Wan Chai neighborhood for the past decade. His entire living space is no bigger than a twin-sized bed, and has just enough room for him to sit up.

Hang and Gottlieb produced this video about coffin home inhabitants:

More about the producers of the video:
Kristie Hang has a websiteFacebook fan page and Twitter account. Benjamin Gottlieb has a blog and Twitter account.

Image above courtesy of CNN

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