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‘Shoebox’ flat reform leaves low-income Hong Kong residents in limbo

HONG KONG - Hong Kong resident Lisa Lau put on a costume drama as she settled on the bed that occupies much of her tiny apartment, trying to take her mind off of a looming eviction.

Bangkok Post · May 28

AP PHOTOS: Hong Kong's hottest summer fell hardest on most vulnerable

Joe Wong sweats through his days as a cleaner in a Hong Kong housing complex, laboring in narrow, stuffy corridors that this summer and last were the worst he’s known. He finds what relief he can in a resting area where a fan offers a breeze and a refrigerator holds…

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2023

‘Not enough’: Hong Kong’s low-paid get $0.32 minimum wage bump

Increase of 6.25 percent after four-year freeze draws criticism from social welfare groups.

Al Jazeera · May 1, 2023