Some 200,000 of Hong Kong’s 7.3 million residents live in “subdivided units.” That’s up 18 percent from four years ago and includes 35,500 children 15 and under, government figures show.

Hong Kong shoebox, coffin homes a challenge for new leader Into the 120-square-foot room are crammed a bunk bed, small couch, fridge, washing machine and tiny table ...

Hong Kong's severe housing crisis forces over 200,000 residents into tiny "coffin homes," some as small as 15 square feet, costing £217 monthly. These cramped spaces, often lacking basic amenities, ...

More than 200,000 people in Hong Kong, China, live in partitioned shoebox apartments that offer just a few feet of space. They can barely fit a double bed and have become notorious for high rents.

Hong Kong has announced plans to build more affordable homes over the next decade. By 2027, it plans to add 280,000 public homes and 180,000 private homes. Until then, parts of Hong Kong will ...

HONG Kong residents crammed into so-called coffin homes sleep on tiny beds which fill entire rooms without enough space for luggage. More than 200,000 people in Hong Kong, China, are forced to endu… ...

Hong Kong auteur Fruit Chan’s upcoming satirical horror anthology film “Coffin Homes” is set to be released in local theaters in August, distributor Edko Films announced on Wednesday ...

In this Thursday, May 4, 2017 photo, a resident who only gave his surname Sin, 55, tidies up the bed in his "coffin home" in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom ...

Hong Kong auteur Fruit Chan’s upcoming satirical horror anthology film “Coffin Homes” is set to be released in local theaters in August, distributor Edko Films announced on Wednesday.

Hong Kong ‘shoebox,’ ‘coffin’ homes a challenge for new leader . Originally published May 9, 2017 at 8:08 pm Updated May 10, 2017 at 4:02 pm . Share story. By .

HONG KONG • Li Suet-wen’s dream home would have a bedroom and living room where her two children could play and study. The reality is a one-room “shoebox” cubicle, one ...

Li Suet-wen's dream home would have a bedroom and living room where her two children could play and study. The reality is a one-room "shoebox" cubicle, one of five partitioned out of a small ...