Taipei reclassifies resting place of former KMT leader and his son in latest bid to erase sites seen by some as symbols of dictatorship ...

In an analysis of resident oral histories, a group of Hong Kong-based scholars concluded that Kowloon Walled City residents had strong community ties, affordable housing, and a higher quality of ...

Hong Kong is among the world’s most prosperous cities, but it’s also a tiny coastal area struggling to cope with its enormous population. Housing 7.5 million residents ... built into old drainpipes to ...

Hong Kong authorities have “vowed” to eliminate cage and coffin housing by 2049, a target set by the Stalinist regime in 2021. It remains to be seen how the agreement between CK Hutchison ...

But what troubles Au most about her home is that she might lose it. Hong Kong's government is planning to crack down on what it calls inadequate housing in subdivided apartments, mandating a minimum ...

Hong Kong’s attempt to tackle ‘shoebox housing’ runs into trouble,” highlighted the exclusion of “coffin homes” from a proposed law that aims to regulate subdivided housing in the city.

SoCO called for the new regulations to extend to "coffin" homes. "This kind of bed homes is the shame of Hong Kong," said its deputy director, Sze Lai-shan. The Housing Bureau said the Home ...

A resident of a "coffin" home smokes in the corridor of a unit divided into upper and lower bunk-style compartments, housing about 20 people, in Hong Kong, China, July 10, 2024. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu ...

See also: The infamous ‘coffin homes’ that Hong Kong’s new housing reforms won’t touch In the commentary published on Thursday, Ho cited a recent survey completed by the government ...

In addition, a 30-person Land Supply Task Force was set up to consider long-term solutions to Hong Kong's housing crisis, given the outcry about 'coffin homes'. Completions plummeted by 34.6% y-o-y to ...