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Scattered around the island are microapartments filled with so-called "coffin homes" - rooms ... and financial district. "In Hong Kong, everyone's apartment is horizontal - you don't really ...

(accept all reasonable answers) 2. The man on the right appears to live in one of Hong Kong’s tiny subdivided flats – or even a coffin home – and probably does not earn much money.

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To maximize income from the rent in central Hong Kong, landlords build ... of their resemblance to real coffins. Twenty-four people live here, packed in a single apartment of little over 500 ...

HONG KONG--Housing is famously cramped in the ... have two meals and a place to sleep for now.” The sub-divided flats and “coffin” homes are usually located in outdated residential buildings ...

Moving from a “coffin home” to a 290 sq ft space like ... About 99,000 families live in subdivided flats in Hong Kong, according to a government report issued last December.

Workers move coffins as mortuaries run short of coffins amid Shenzhen lockdown during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Hong Kong, China, March 16, 2022. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo ...