Ah Sam is one of about 35 people who sleep in front of the Jade Market, part of the Tung Chau Street Temporary Market in Sham Shui Po, one of the poorest districts in Hong Kong.
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- May 19, 2013
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3 May 2013
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.
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2 May 2013
More than 20 street sleepers under the Ferry Street flyover were served eviction notices last month to vacate the now partially fenced-off area by next Tuesday, although the actual use of the area...
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26 Apr 2013
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 flyover near the...
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18 Apr 2013
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...
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16 Apr 2013
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.
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