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'Prison-cell' flats show limits of housing policy
Published Tue, Jun 20, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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.
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