A photo from the book Chungking Mansions: Photographs from Hong Kong's last ghetto. Photo: Nana Chen A photo from the book Chungking Mansions: Photographs from Hong Kong's last ghetto. Photo: Nana Chen
A photo from the book Chungking Mansions: Photographs from Hong Kong's last ghetto. Photo: Nana Chen
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Inside Hong Kong’s Chungking Mansions: the beating pulse of city’s ‘last ghetto’ captured on camera

  • Some people see the five blocks in Tsim Sha Tsui as a place for cheap food and accommodation, while others consider them a hotbed of crime
  • A Taiwanese photographer has captured life inside the buildings in a new book

Topic |   Architecture and design
Kylie Knott
Kylie Knott

Updated: 1:01pm, 23 Dec, 2018

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A photo from the book Chungking Mansions: Photographs from Hong Kong's last ghetto. Photo: Nana Chen A photo from the book Chungking Mansions: Photographs from Hong Kong's last ghetto. Photo: Nana Chen
A photo from the book Chungking Mansions: Photographs from Hong Kong's last ghetto. Photo: Nana Chen
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