A woman dresses up with bloody wedding gowns to campaign for domestic violence victims on Valentine's day in 2012. For safety reasons, women must seek short-term residence at shelters outside the district they live in and shelter locations are kept confidential. Photo: Simon Song A woman dresses up with bloody wedding gowns to campaign for domestic violence victims on Valentine's day in 2012. For safety reasons, women must seek short-term residence at shelters outside the district they live in and shelter locations are kept confidential. Photo: Simon Song
A woman dresses up with bloody wedding gowns to campaign for domestic violence victims on Valentine's day in 2012. For safety reasons, women must seek short-term residence at shelters outside the district they live in and shelter locations are kept confidential. Photo: Simon Song
Hong Kong

Space shortage at Hong Kong's crisis shelters

Crisis shelters are overstretched and need to streamline services on offer, says lawmaker

Jennifer Ngo

Updated: 8:42am, 9 Feb, 2015

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A woman dresses up with bloody wedding gowns to campaign for domestic violence victims on Valentine's day in 2012. For safety reasons, women must seek short-term residence at shelters outside the district they live in and shelter locations are kept confidential. Photo: Simon Song A woman dresses up with bloody wedding gowns to campaign for domestic violence victims on Valentine's day in 2012. For safety reasons, women must seek short-term residence at shelters outside the district they live in and shelter locations are kept confidential. Photo: Simon Song
A woman dresses up with bloody wedding gowns to campaign for domestic violence victims on Valentine's day in 2012. For safety reasons, women must seek short-term residence at shelters outside the district they live in and shelter locations are kept confidential. Photo: Simon Song
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