Essays In Asia: Spread Your Wings: 003-NS-Hong-Kong

The lower econimic classes living in Hong Kong struggle to find affordable housing, as space is often limited. It is quite common for owners of the building, property managers, or landlords to allow tenants to build illegal appartments on top of roofs of the buildings. The Hong Kong government is now tearing down such habitats and fining the owners of the buidlings. Hong Kong Island

The lower econimic classes living in Hong Kong struggle to find affordable housing, as space is often limited. It is quite common for owners of the building, property managers, or landlords to allow tenants to build illegal appartments on top of roofs of the buildings. The Hong Kong government is now tearing down such habitats and fining the owners of the buidlings.  

 

Hong Kong Island