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Apartments-coffins: living in poor areas of Hong Kong. Photo

Квартиры-гробы: жизнь в бедных районах Гонконга. ФотоFew people know about another side of life in Hong Kong.

If you ever complained that the kitchen in your apartment is not enough space for three, you better watch out the air.

Because you still don’t know what it means to “not enough space”.

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Space rental prices in Hong Kong do not leave people who do not turn their millions, no choice but to live in appalling conditions in the so-called houses, coffins, metal cages and tiny attics.

In these photos you can see linked with kitchen toilet and tiered beds, where the legs cannot fully extend. The conditions are such that they otherwise degrading and not called. But, unfortunately, these people have nothing left.

Квартиры-гробы: жизнь в бедных районах Гонконга. Фото

Residents of the building-the tomb — LEM, UEN and kitty O.

Квартиры-гробы: жизнь в бедных районах Гонконга. Фото

Lee and her 6-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter live in a room with an area of 11 square meters where there is a bunk bed, tiny sofa, fridge, washing machine and a small table.

Квартиры-гробы: жизнь в бедных районах Гонконга. Фото

Hong Kong is one of the leading financial centers of Asia. However, the boom in the real estate market has a downside. Hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in unbearable conditions — overcrowded apartments with many partitions, more like boxes from under the Shoe than at home.

Квартиры-гробы: жизнь в бедных районах Гонконга. Фото

Toilet and sink share nearly two dozen people, including several single women.

Квартиры-гробы: жизнь в бедных районах Гонконга. Фото

5-year-old boy playing near a tiny home made of concrete and corrugated metal, where he lives with his parents.

Квартиры-гробы: жизнь в бедных районах Гонконга. Фото

The unavailability of housing in Hong Kong continues to be a serious social problem.

Квартиры-гробы: жизнь в бедных районах Гонконга. Фото

Single mother Lee lives with her two children and pays $ 580 a month for a room area of 11 square meters. To rent out half her salary.

Квартиры-гробы: жизнь в бедных районах Гонконга. Фото

TSE Chu, the waiter retired, sleeping in your corner.

Квартиры-гробы: жизнь в бедных районах Гонконга. Фото

63-year-old Wong Tat-Ming is sitting in his apartment, surrounded by all of the parties modest belongings: a sleeping bag, a small colour television and a fan. Wong and another occupant of the house-the coffin of social workers complaining about the bugs and cockroaches in the apartment.

Квартиры-гробы: жизнь в бедных районах Гонконга. Фото

80-year-old Cheng Chi-Fong can’t even stretch my legs on the bed.

Квартиры-гробы: жизнь в бедных районах Гонконга. Фото

Another resident of the apartment.

Квартиры-гробы: жизнь в бедных районах Гонконга. Фото

According to official statistics, about 200 thousand people out of 7 million population of Hong Kong live in such conditions, including a 35 thousand children.

Квартиры-гробы: жизнь в бедных районах Гонконга. Фото

The statistics do not include those who live in illegal huts on the roofs and in the cells.

Квартиры-гробы: жизнь в бедных районах Гонконга. Фото

These houses are like from another universe in comparison with the lifestyles of the rich Hong Kongers.

Квартиры-гробы: жизнь в бедных районах Гонконга. Фото

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