To sociologist Ruby Lai, Hong Kong’s notorious subdivided flats are more nuanced than they are perceived to be. These ...

with little room to move and no privacy—this is the reality for hundreds of thousands of people in the highly populated city of Hong Kong, who live in what has been dubbed 'coffin homes' or ...

HOUSING is famously cramped in the Asian financial hub of Hong Kong, thanks to sky-high property prices, but a single toilet ...

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 ... actions against unlicensed bedspace apartments. Sum, a 72-year-old bachelor, has lived in a “coffin” home for three years, paying HK$2,500 in monthly ...

Even if they might want or need more space, residents are often within arm's reach of the things they treasure most.

These subdivided apartments cram people in side by side. ABC News reports that the Chinese communist government has ordered Hong Kong authorities to "bid farewell" to subdivided flats, coffin ...