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1. News - Hong Kong - SOCIETY

   How kindness gave one street sleeper a new lease of life

   Posted Apr 18th 2013, 12:00am by Jennifer Ngo

   ... News Hong Kong Street sleepers Jennifer Ngo jennifer.ngo@scmp.com Social workers, volunteers and a caring boss spurred outspoken homeless man to take a chance on a better future Last year, ex-street sleeper Chan Chi-cheung was given a second chance at life. Chan, 61, was one of the 14 street sleepers who decided to risk public humiliation and sue the government for unlawfully throwing ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1216907/how-kindness-gave-one-street-sleeper-new-lease-life
2. News - Hong Kong - SOCIETY

   'Beautify effort' casts homeless from tiny haven

   Posted Apr 26th 2013, 12:00am by Jennifer Ngo

   ... News Hong Kong Homeless Street sleepers Ferry Street Flyover Jennifer Ngo jennifer.ngo@scmp.com Officials erect wire fences around a section below a Yau Ma Tei flyover, forcing out dozens of street sleepers A score of street sleepers will be forced to move from their current quarters under an overpass by early next month. Wire fences now cordon off a section below the Ferry Street ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1223164/beautify-effort-casts-homeless-tiny-haven
3. News - Hong Kong

   Hong Kong streets no place to call home, unless there's nowhere else

   Posted Jan 13th 2013, 12:00am by Jennifer Ngo

   ... News Hong Kong Street sleepers Hong Kong Poverty Jennifer Ngo jennifer.ngo@scmp.com No-one knows for sure how many people live rough on Hong Kong's streets. It's fairly certain, though, that their numbers are rising Few would choose to live on the streets if there was a better place to go. But it took a court case last year, in which 19 street sleepers sued the government ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1126667/hong-kong-streets-no-place-call-home-unless-theres-nowhere-else
4. News - Hong Kong - DEVELOPMENT

   Flower pots no bed of roses for homeless

   Posted May 03rd 2013, 12:00am by Jennifer Ngo

   ... News Hong Kong Street sleepers Homelessness Ferry Street Yau Tsim Mong District Development Jennifer Ngo jennifer.ngo@scmp.com Concrete pots installed along Yau Ma Tei flyover as street sleepers face eviction About 200 concrete flower pots have been installed along a section of a Yau Ma Tei flyover to "keep street sleepers out", according to a district council document. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1228591/flower-pots-no-bed-roses-homeless
5. News - China - SOCIETY

   Beijing's homeless get touch of warmth

   Posted Jan 13th 2013, 12:00am by Raymond Li

   ... street and sanitation authorities launched a weekend vagrancy crackdown that, they said, saw their blankets and much of their winter clothes taken away. "They stared at us like they were ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1126722/beijings-homeless-get-touch-warmth
6. News - Hong Kong - DEVELOPMENT

   Lawmakers slam plan to house Yau Ma Tei homeless with rubbish

   Posted Apr 16th 2013, 12:00am by Stuart Lau

   ... News Hong Kong Yau Ma Tei Theatre Street sleepers Shanghai Street Stuart Lau stuart.lau@scmp.com Officials seeking to redevelop the Yau Ma Tei Theatre came under fire yesterday for proposing to keep a rubbish collection point next to a street sleepers' shelter when the two are moved. Both facilities share a building next to the theatre on Shanghai Street and current plans ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1215481/lawmakers-slam-plan-house-yau-ma-tei-homeless-rubbish
7. News - Hong Kong - COURTS

   Payout for street sleepers whose possessions were dumped in trash

   Posted Nov 07th 2012, 12:00am by Jennifer Ngo

   ... News Hong Kong Street sleepers Belongings Sham Shui Po Jennifer Ngo jennifer.ngo@scmp.com After government staff threw away the possessions of 19 people living rough in Sham Shui Po, a court awards them HK$2,000 each After nine months and two funerals, street sleepers whose belongings were thrown away in a midwinter raid in Sham Shui Po will get compensation. In the first case ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1076511/payout-street-sleepers-whose-possessions-were-dumped-trash
8. News - Hong Kong - SOCIETY

   Hard knock life for Sham Shui Po street sleeper

   Posted May 03rd 2013, 08:25am by Vicky Feng

   ... to know his situation. A nonprofit organisation, the Society for Community Organization (SoCO), said about half of Hong Kong’s street sleepers find shelter in Sham Shui Po, of an estimated 1,200 ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1228394/hard-knock-life-sham-shui-po-street-sleeper
9. News - Hong Kong - DEVELOPMENT

   Pet park plans at centre of homeless row

   Posted May 02nd 2013, 12:00am by Jennifer Ngo

   ... News Hong Kong Street sleepers Homelessness Ferry Street Park Yau Tsim Mong District Development Jennifer Ngo jennifer.ngo@scmp.com An animal-friendly area is one of the ideas the Yau Ma Tei District Council is considering for a space now being cleared of 20 street sleepers Street sleepers in Yau Ma Tei are being evicted from a flyover to make way for a park for pets, among ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1227888/pet-park-plans-centre-homeless-row
10. Tricodex

    Posted Jun 07th 2005, 12:00am by Susan Street

    ... Entertainment Ballet Susan Street Lyon Opera Ballet Grand Theatre, Cultural Centre Reviewed: June 3 This was the last dance performance in this year's Le French May Festival, but one of more than 300 events being staged in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong and Hong Kong as part of the France in China Year, which continues until September. French choreographer Philippe Decoufle ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/503413/tricodex

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