Villagers reluctant to say goodbye to one of Hong Kong's last squatter settlements

by The Manila Times

Sep 08, 2024 12:02 pm

HONG KONG — In months, Lo Yuet-ping will bid farewell to a centuries-old village he has called home in Hong Kong for more than seven decades.

The Cha Kwo Ling village in east Kowloon is filled with small houses built from metal sheets and stones, as well as old granite buildings, contrasting sharply with the high-rise structures that dominate much of the Asian financial hub.

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