In wealthy Hong Kong, poorest live in metal cages
By , on February 8th, 2013
<!– google_ad_section_start –> HONG KONG (AP) — For many of the richest people in Hong Kong, one of Asia’s wealthiest cities, home is a mansion with an expansive view from the heights of Victoria Peak. For some of the poorest, like Leung Cho-yin, home is a metal cage. The 67-year-old former butcher pays 1,300 Hong Kong dollars ($167) a month for one of about a dozen wire mesh cages resembling rabbit hutches crammed into a dilapidated apartment in a gritty, working-class West Kowloon neighborhood. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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In wealthy Hong Kong, poorest live in metal cages
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In wealthy Hong Kong, poorest live in metal cages
<!– google_ad_section_start –> HONG KONG (AP) — For many of the richest people in Hong Kong, one of Asia’s wealthiest cities, home is a mansion with an expansive view from the heights of Victoria Peak. For some of the poorest, like Leung Cho-yin, home is a metal cage. The 67-year-old former butcher pays 1,300 Hong Kong dollars ($167) a month for one of about a dozen wire mesh cages resembling rabbit hutches crammed into a dilapidated apartment in a gritty, working-class West Kowloon neighborhood. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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In wealthy Hong Kong, poorest live in metal cages
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