Almost 200,000 people lived in subdivided flats last year, according to the Census and Statistics Department. Photo: Edward Wong Almost 200,000 people lived in subdivided flats last year, according to the Census and Statistics Department. Photo: Edward Wong
Almost 200,000 people lived in subdivided flats last year, according to the Census and Statistics Department. Photo: Edward Wong
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Hong Kong’s poorest squeezed as rents for tiny subdivided flats rise at double rate for other homes

As landlords exploit the city’s most vulnerable, a concern group urges the government to use empty public buildings to house desperate families

Topic |   Hong Kong housing
Naomi Ng
Naomi Ng

Updated: 6:57am, 11 Oct, 2016

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Almost 200,000 people lived in subdivided flats last year, according to the Census and Statistics Department. Photo: Edward Wong Almost 200,000 people lived in subdivided flats last year, according to the Census and Statistics Department. Photo: Edward Wong
Almost 200,000 people lived in subdivided flats last year, according to the Census and Statistics Department. Photo: Edward Wong
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