'Prison-cell' flats show limits of housing policy

Hong Kong

SOMETIME later this year, Hong Kongers may be able to pay for the privilege of living in apartments so small they're comparable to prison cells.

Then, a local developer is due to start signing tenants for a project in the Happy Valley district where most flats could have a "useable floor area" of about 61 sq ft, or 5.7 sq m, according to a pre-construction filing with the Buildings Department.