Living in Hong Kong "coffins" Bashny.Net

Hong Kong - one of the most densely populated cities in the world. It is reminiscent of the city, where the action sci-fi movie "Blade Runner" - huge skyscrapers, thousands of neon lights. Not only as the future that awaits humanity. However, few suspected the reverse side of life in the metropolis.

The mad pursuit of profit tenants create something incredible for the developed world - human hives, inhabited by people living on the margins of society.

Many Hong Kong people live in hostels, called "houses-coffins." Damir Sagolzh (Damir Sagolj), photographer to Reuters, visited one of the hostels, where 24 people.
11 photos via m.onet.pl © Damir Sagolj / Reuters

49-year-old Kam Chan (Kam Chung), the hostel resident in Hong Kong on October 9, 2012. His rented room has an area of 0, 7 × 2 meters.

"They call these" coffins "of their homes. But it's hard to name the rooms wooden box area of 1x2 meters in which tenants live. In one room there are also a bed, toilet, and sink. It should be a pleasure 155-180 US dollars a month.

Mathematics is very simple and ruthless at the same time: 24 multiply the 1450 Hong Kong dollars (180 US dollars) per month, and you will receive an amount that is much greater than anyone could pay for a room area of 46 square meters.

Miss Tse, founder of the hostel, periodically communicates with lodgers, calms them and claims that everything will be fine. According to her, about 100,000 Hong Kong residents live in such conditions.

Mr. Tae - the only tenant "grave", who did not want to be photographed. "I have a great daughter, she may be ashamed of me," - he explained. After Mr. Tae spent years in the United States, most of them behind bars, for it is quite tolerable conditions. He spits through the broken front teeth like a street gang, and continues to complain about life, "it is better to" coffin "than anything."

Hostel in Hong Kong on October 9, 2012. The total area of the hostel - about 50 square meters in which 24 people lived. Each of them pays the landlord a monthly basis about 180 US dollars.

Hostel residents in Hong Kong on October 9, 2012. The total area of the hostel - about 50 square meters in which 24 people lived. Each of them pays the landlord a monthly basis about 180 US dollars.