A listing for a Hong Kong property, complete with “maid’s shed”, has caused debate about housing in the city. Photo: Shutterstock
A listing for a Hong Kong property, complete with “maid’s shed”, has caused debate about housing in the city. Photo: Shutterstock
Simon Parry
Opinion

Opinion

Simon Parry

Hong Kong property agent advertises ‘helper’s shed’ in the garden of a village house

  • Internet users argued that putting a domestic helper in a shed demonstrated the inequality of migrant workers’ living conditions in city
  • For Hongkongers, there are cage homes and HK$5 million-plus ‘coffin homes’ for desperate first-time buyers

A listing for a Hong Kong property, complete with “maid’s shed”, has caused debate about housing in the city. Photo: Shutterstock
A listing for a Hong Kong property, complete with “maid’s shed”, has caused debate about housing in the city. Photo: Shutterstock
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