The number of registered homeless in the city has jumped more than 20 per cent. Photo: Sam Tsang
The number of registered homeless in the city has jumped more than 20 per cent. Photo: Sam Tsang
Poverty
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Number of registered Hong Kong homeless soars as sky-high rents force people to sleep rough

Real number of street sleepers likely to be far higher than official figures suggest

Topic |   Poverty
Phila Siu
Phila Siu

Updated: 2:28pm, 3 May, 2018

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The number of registered homeless in the city has jumped more than 20 per cent. Photo: Sam Tsang
The number of registered homeless in the city has jumped more than 20 per cent. Photo: Sam Tsang
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