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SoCO called for the new regulations to extend to “coffin” homes. “This kind of bed homes is the shame of Hong Kong,” said its deputy director, Sze Lai-shan. The Housing Bureau said the ...

Tens of thousands of young people, aged 18 or younger, in Hong Kong ... inside 55 sq ft: sleeping with suitcases, cooking next to the toilet and living on less than HK$300 a week Cage homes ...

Roughly 200,000 people around Hong Kong have been driven to live in these coffin homes - largely because there are few affordable alternatives for recent college graduates and the elderly.

Each LifeArt coffin weighs about 10.5 kilograms (23 pounds) and can support a body up to 200 kilograms (441 pounds). Hong Kong has reported ... pressure on funeral homes, and refrigerated ...