Hong Kong is known for its glass towers, luxury cars, and tycoon fortunes, yet beneath lurks a hidden crisis of ageing buildings subdivided into coffin homes ...

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 of five partitioned out of a ...

Hong Kong is among the world’s most prosperous cities, but it’s also a tiny coastal area struggling to cope with its enormous population. Housing 7.5 million residents in an area of 427 square miles ...

Hong Kong is among the world’s most prosperous countries, but it’s also a tiny coastal area that's struggling to cope with the influx of people who want to relocate to this economic superpower.

This three-meter square bunk isn't just Simon Wong's bed. It's his home. All his belongings crammed inside this one tiny space. These notorious so-called 'coffin homes' in Hong Kong aren't a pleasant ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Coffin Homes” revolves around Hong Kong’s housing problems caused by the lack of space and sky high property prices. “Hong Kong’s ...

To escape the confines of his Hong Kong "coffin home", or two square metres (21.5 square feet) of living space, Simon Wong usually spends his days in the park playing mahjong with friends, only ...