The Horrible Plight of Hong Kong's Poor
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2007
- Cage People (1995): Near Hong Kong's Kowloon shopping district the city's poor suffer in squalid conditions. A man crouches in a tiny wire cage hardly bigger than a child's cot. It's been his home for 30 years. He is one of Hong Kong's hidden poor - a worker that nobody wants.
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Soaring rents and unemployment have forced an increasing number of people below the poverty line. While the rich business elite of Hong Kong line their pockets, state-welfare is still a dirty word. Despite the government's budget surplus there is no minimum wage or unemployment benefit. Meanwhile inflation, together with cheap Chinese workers, threatens to force more and more people out of work. Waiting lists for housing can be seven years and suicide rates are high. Dignity is an important concept for the Chinese and many regard a caged existence as hardly worth living.
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Suddenly, my 3 bedroom townhouse I pay 800 USD a month(cheep as hell) in Milwaukee Wisconsin, seems like a mansion. A reminder to never take what you got for granted.
I need to leave fla i pay 1350 for a 1 bedroom shit is ridiculous
In california we pay 1800 for a 1 bedroom
We pay 320 for a 2 bedroom here in Georgia. .
yeah but you live in milwaukee
Hahah you live in the hood. It better be cheap. And you better eat dinner sitting on the floor.
Wow the difference of opinion of the rich and poor is just so huge. The rich dude sounds so delusional when he is trying to justify the current state.
Obviously; because he hasn't gone through as many unlucky events as the poor ones. ;)
It's not about delusion. It's about slapping gums on camera. They all know they lie or do double speak. It's their job to protect the big money at the poor's expense.
he said help your kin has he help his kin i dont think so
Poor people don't fall straight down from heaven, nor the rich rised from hell. Do you know that?
Parents play a big part on determining which way your children are going to go. Not delusional rich people.
When you think you've got it bad but then you realize there are millions of ppl out there who have it worse than you. Be thankful for what you have.
This is such a tragedy. The sin of greed from humans is absolutely disgusting. I have more respect for the hard workers trying to live day by day to support their families than corporate greed. I'd rather sit down and eat dinner on the floor with the poor than a rich guy.
Britain waged a brutal war on China in the 19th-century because Beijing refused to allow the British to flood the Chinese market with opium.
As a result of that event, known as the Opium Wars, China was defeated and humiliated by the British and, among other degrading acts, forced to cede the historic Chinese region of Hong Kong to the British Empire.
For approximately 150 years, Hong Kong was a colony of a ruthless colonial power in which London implemented its dictatorial will in the Chinese region through a British colonial governor there who enjoyed a luxurious and conceited lifestyle on soil which was being exploited by London, even though it was not Britain’s to enjoy in the first place.
-- Flux Mulder
The word say" It's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to get to Heaven."
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely” (1887 Acton)
@@condorX2 I thonk they're getting back at the West by flooding our countries with fentanyl...Talk about revenge served cold...
"We cannot give them social safety nets, because they'll lose their motivation to work for little pay".
Rich Hong Kong Magnate
Eddy M wrong. Social Security works if not stolen from.
maybe he could advocate for himself being paid less :D then he'll work harder.
OK, why dont you try working for little pay and see what you say then, you'll prob want your safety net then... You dont have the right to say what these folks need or dont need. Just be quite.
They are doing the same in Western countries too. Governments are doing more cuts to social programs almost every year. It happens slowly, so many people dont notice it. 30-40 years ago, people could afford way more with their salary, rents were like 70% lower and they got good health insurance and high pensions.
@@michaelsabella5924 You don't have the right to take richs' money to give it to poor as well, so why don't you live in a place where your skills are more valued?
when you're over 55 and still having to work manual labor or outdoors everyday, it is very sad.
Inquisitve m what if you actually like working outdoors?? As i do .. ill proly be doin wat im doin till i cant anymore...
My uncle is in his late 60s working a labor job. He can't afford to not work. He's supporting my aunt and cousin.
@@Luke-qp9fd right lol
Daniel Bagot right wat ?
@@Luke-qp9fd I agree with your comments
I'm disabled and it scares me to think if I lived there they would stick me in a cage. It's horrible. This is no way to live.
@Tom Bombadildo have you ever been disabled in a shithole like that?
Having lived in Hong Kong since 1997 I've never seen these cage homes . The government here actually has really good housing , I should know , I'm on disability and have a room in a great location.
Communist takeover of China is good for the poor
In another sense, y do we deserve better or anything at all,,remember, the world owes us nothing
As u saw ,,,so shall u reap......our God is just and punish the wicked..pray for them instead that one day God will visit them.
I live in HK. This still exists.
+John Kevin I am still living in my 2200 sqft modest house in the Western World and they are building new subdivision in the area where I am.Now my property value is almost triple.We will have cage dwellers in the Western World if all the money Bill Gate has can only afford to buy a 450 sqft studio apartment in Detroit !
I live in America, this still exists
Lar M
You're so ignorant, just like the businessman in the video, for real.
+G T Eh poor can create jobs, they just won't be as productive of a job, which is why they choose to work for someone else.
misterx2000
Where?
One word: Exploitation.
Three Words: Free Roam Slaves
One word: Penis.
One word: revolution
Two words
September 2019.
Still a massive wealth gap there, this can be the real reason behind Hongkong's riot.
Absolutely!
This made me cry ! the living conditions are just terrible and even worse if you are an elderly person
the guy David Chu just resonates evil behind his smiling facade...creepy dude
Yeah it's very sad how someone can have no kind or sympathy or even show emotion. It's a sad vicious cycle sad to say poverty will never end when the sad part it money is just paper that gets printed everyday but the u.s.a and other countries say they are broke. It's very sad and pathetic. Something should be done no one should ever live like that. I don't have my own home but I have a roof over my head and a decent one at that. Thank God
Billy Cheng yes his devil he want cheap labour from China not in his own people
Yes he's one creepy dude
I just like how he uses 'Chinese culture' to justify the social structure.
Not evil, just willingly ignorant.
Who ever said there is no slavery? This is a good example of capitalist slavery
@ 1:07 it's sad he doesn't feel like he has dignity. He has more dignity than alot of people I know. Dignity is not about what you have but who you are and how you carry yourself. I have more respect for a man who can not read and is living in garbage, than a child molester in a mansion. Much Respect from an American. ✌🏻 stay strong. The poor are God's people. God bless you all and I wish you all the best in your pursuit of freedom 🇺🇸
Hongkong.. the only city where I saw a golden Roll Royce and an old beggar on the same spot...
Satan vs Jehovah
Satan's logic is feel good due to others' misery.
Jehovah's is feel good due to others' happiness
Seriously though , that's why any scrapers are always surrounded by beggars and inner city people struggling. It's a lame ass illusion
In India you'll see beggars outside the Rolls Royce showroom...
Smart strategy tbh
You should come to ex-Soviet Ukraine.
Well you haven't been to Los Angeles 🥺
@@_maya_jackson Vancouver has Bentleys and beggars.
Someone get these people a FAN ! Such a small thing, which really has great health benefits and also really makes life bearable when it gets HOT.
Thank you for this programme. i try to have an "unplugged" day from time to time, in an effort to grow my compassion for the poor, including those in Canada and the United Sates. Boy do I have a lot to learn. Peace and Blessings.
Greetings from Hong Kong, life is sometimes hard and easy but please help these people. Thanks.
This looks like something out of blade runner.
I went back to HK twice since moved to UK, I were so looking forward to it only to find scenes that sadden me, like going out for a walk at 5am to find a little old lady pulling a heavy cart up a slope and old people begging on streets, I went out with $200 that morning with my mom, after two hours that all went to the elderly begging on order of my mother but I didn't mind one bit, just so sad that you can walk out of a hotel charging $2000 a night and walk straight into someone without a home within 2 mins.
it's in Singapore too.people just see the glitz we have.I guess it's the same everywhere.
Robert Lee hon, i see this all my life. some old people like to work, most dont want to get welfare coz they think they can work. some r just poor
Although they are many working homeless in HK, I have to say 99% of the people begging (especially elderly or those missing limbs) are hired by gangs from China, they are all picked up by a coach at the end of the day.
Yeah I've seen it as well in multiple towns in Hong Kong, on my frequent trips to see family - injustice pisses me off and breaks my heart in equal measure every time.
It's true that some old people just like working but in most cases, they are stone cold broke and don't wanna be a burden in their families-much too proud to let their families know.
I love capitalism but the soul has no price!
Robert Lee wow you stay in a hotel that charge you 2k per night you are damn rich
The business man in the interview is talking rubbish; he can afford to because he's rich.
I like the part where he said letting families solve problems themselves, AKA "the chinese way" is essential, and it's 10x or 1000x cheaper. LOL
A lot of rich Westerners say the same thing. Privatise the public health system, abolish welfare, abolish minimum wage, reduce spending for public transportation, etc. Often these are the people who can afford (or have access to credit) to do that...
I'm from Asia, and too often I've heard people in power (politicians, businessmen, rich people, etc.) use "Asian values", "Asian culture", "Chinese culture" to justify unequal social structures.
yes i'd like to see that rich fuck chu take half of $5 a day he is a disgusting person and should be ashamed of himself
A lot of what he says just makes me cringe. "oh yea it's all great actually, the system manages itself blah blah blah" I hope one day his business fails and he's shown exactly what he's said here.
Suddenly my 300$ room Is like a palace ,God forgive me if I was ever ungreatful
Why do you think you're shown this, everyone's problem is their own, their problems do not make yours or someone else's disappear, yea there is worse, and there is better. They allow this to be done to them.
Very good video. A powerful message ' the losing of one's dignity' even as a hardworking citizen.
I saw it last year in Kowloon, it still exists.
+Niklas Nyman When was that ? I thought they took it all down.
Lots of billionaires in HK..whilst they sleep in king size beds/silk sheets and all that comes with wealth just remember you cant take it with you! so spare a dim for your fellow beings!
They didn't get without the govt and the poor
What happens when they figure out how to
Humans are capable of such beauty, and such horror. It's beyond my grasp that some seem to need so much space and so many belongings, while others struggle to house and feed themselves and their kin.
Spare a year life too
Well said!!
8:08, entirely immoral too... what people are 'working' for is more like 'slaving' to survive
Rich and poor are so extreme in HK. I remember if you had HK$1 mil 30 years ago, you were considered as " Rich ". But not anymore the way it is now.
My friend who retired then sold his house in US, he moved back to HK for retirement with his wife last year. They had about US$ 300K which is about HK $2.2 mil after the conversion. They told it was just impossible to find the house that they wanted it. They only stayed there for couple months and moved right back to the US. He said he had to pay about HK$ 2 Million for only 300 square feet with a very small living room, bedroom, bathroom & kitchen. If you have US$ 300k, it is pretty damn good to retire in the US here.
Or retire in Mexico, Costa Rica, Belize or Panama
I don't think $300k will be enough in a big city like San Francisco, Chicago, or New York. Probably in some small country town in the Midwest or the mountain states.
Is not expensive at all. Come to singapore. It worst
owen lim How could they afford making the mortgage payment if it is $4 to $5 million for only 400 square feet. Is it worth to buy?
4 to 5 million hkd or us ? if is hkd is quite affordable
Hong Kong in 2019 has still no improvement whatsoever from 1995.
It's got worse. The society and general stability is gone with the protests and chaos.
The only thing that the Hong Kong government heavily manages is the real estate market, and look at the mess !! The people living in cages are a direct product of the government: 1) heavy restrictions on land use. 2) restrictions on current used land through zoning laws. 3) restrictions on the height of buildings in most locations. There are tonnes of old industrial buildings empty, that could be used for housing, but you can't because of the zoning. There are lots of deserted villages where you could have settlements, but the government won't let you. Populated villages have only three level houses and only the tycoons get permits for high-rises.
do you have any links for more info on this housing problem caused by the government?
The first thing the HK government does is restrict the supply of land. This is from the Wikipedia page:
" Further, although rates of taxation on personal and corporate income are
low by international standards, unlike most other countries Hong Kong's government raises a significant portion of its revenues from land leases and land taxation. All land in Hong Kong is owned by the government and is leased to private developers and users on fixed terms, for fees which are paid to the state treasury. By restricting the sale of land leases, the Hong Kong government keeps the price of land at what some consider as artificially high prices and this allows the government to support relatively high public spending with a low tax rate on income and profit."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Hong_Kong
The second thing they do is through zoning the HK government restricts the usage of industrial and office buildings from being used in housing. Sometimes industrial buildings, old hospitals, old schools are just abandoned, and sit empty. Sometimes office and industrial buildings sit at 60% vacancy rates, and the government offices only approve a fraction of the projects.
www.scmp.com/property/hong-kong-china/article/1946053/occupancy-rates-fall-converted-industrial-buildings
really appreciate it
Toco
my pleasure
This is so sad to watch
Now 11 years later, what has change?
This video was created in 1995 so 24 years ago. The video was uploaded to TH-cam in 2007.
People are pissed and on the streets everywhere.
Excellent as always, guys.
Pity about the subtitles, though.
5 dollars a day! Wake up poor people, time to have a bbq and eat the rich!!!!!
Idk if ur joking but let’s to to avoid killing pple
@Greg Spolar My guy, wtf did I say that made you mad?
Ridiculous. Now this video explains where all the kids driving Lambos and splurging $175 on Peking Duck in Vancouver get their money from. Karma will pay back.
If I lived there I'd choose a life of crime to survive.
Instead of going off out of the city you would chose to be worse, yea that figures.
Very interesting to watch this documentary film
I saw these horrible pictures last yr. I can not believe a country Rich ad HK, would have no place for the old, and poor people. It is shocking.
The rich are also corrupt, in every country.
yeah that's right
yeah that's right
Unfortunately, the suicide rate is climbing there also. When people are desperate,lonely and depressed it seems like a way to end the suffering.
This was 25 years ago
I'd hate to live in Hong Kong unless I was a millionaire. It's so damn small and crowded, the apartments only have kitchen, bedroom and bathroom so basically studio/bedsit but you still have to share. I'd rather live in Singapore
Nice documentary.
8:10 "If you don't have a pool of poverty, people don't encourage to work for low wages" this is the cynical way of thinking of rich people
@@flowerpower8722 of course slavery exist,but had been modernized. Is not only about the quality of life.. Even if you don't live in a cage but you live in a bigger one.. apartment, and you spend all your available time just to work and sleep ( so you can work) in order to feed your family and cover the basic needs.. i am sure that this is how somebody feels like..a modern slave!
Humanity must stand against poverty with every available way,i am not sure if the solution is the capitalism or socialism. We live in 2021, we can use the common sense to figure out what is wrong and what is right.. living in a cage is obviously wrong and criminal!
Say what you want about Africa, but no one is living like this.
There's no difference between their living condition and people in the slums in some part of Africa every country got their own problem
@@princesslene55 You will not find people living in coffin size homes or old people in cages in the UK. Japan is disgusting the people that run the country dont give a toss about anyone, onlybthe people in their circles.
@@JJones-oi3jc I don't recall saying anything about UK however every country is different
@@princesslene55 But you said "every country" which qualifies every country
@@JJones-oi3jc 😂😂😂😂😂😀 did you finish reading my comment lol I said every country has their own problem dear,don't you understand that or you want me to elaborate on that
People in Hongkong are living in cage while people in Macau are gambling all day
Poverty everywhere in USA too.
Eileen Kung
Yes, but not like this.
Trev No. No it's not. These people work for less than $3 an hour because there's no minimum wage. In America THERE IS a minimum wage. There is government assistance. There is a place for people who can't afford homes to go. There is A LOT. Do not compare this level of poverty to America.
What a shame; the HK government so rich but would not do anything for its poor citizens. The rich business men also just exploit the working poor. The ugly face of unbridled capitalism.
Capitalism means free markets. DO YOU SEE A FREE MARKET ANYWHERE? read about the petrodollar monopoly.
We're not living in capitalism, we're living in corporate fascism.
+criztu sadly majority of americans fails too see themselves being that.. the usa its been corporate fascism since decades ago
There are plenty of public housing in Hong Kong. It usually takes only 3-5 years to get on to one. One must have a problem if he lives in cage housing for 30 years. Some old stubborn Chinese just want to stick with their old way of living and refuse to move on. Some refuse any form of welfare as they want to retain their dignity. Some refuse to move to even just 20 minutes away from the old Kowloon area. Some old Chinese are very weird and I have seen a lot of them although they are getting fewer now as they keep passing away.
Min Maung Maung same thing happens all over the world
Min Maung Maung Unbridled capitalism = Boston Economics
Sick fucks think they can play God with the people.
We should have a centrist revolution instead of either public or private.
David Chiu, that guy,, says they must rely on the Chinese tradition of the family taking care of the poor. What if they have no family. Mr. Chiu says it with ignorant bliss.
especially with the one child policy lol
Someone once remarked that in "Asian culture", people can be categorised into two groups:
1) Family
2) Those who can be exploited
And sometimes, the two groups overlap...
It's a pity they no longer have Mao, to take care of this slug
@@jonathantan2469 It is only China, not other Asian countries. Familial egoism is a trait of Chinese culture specifically.
He is a rich but uneducated idiot!
This is why China takes our jobs. We'd love slave labor and them being without a minimum wage is the closest we can get to it. Only the rich benefit!
this is the HK system, the westen system.
This is 1995，Hong Kong is still colonized by UK.
First, China does have minimum wages... And in your neighbors shenzhen, factory workers most likely ear somewhere in the vicinity of US 1000$ per month, way more than the majority of the world population. If you want real cheap labor, you should go Cambodia or Africa.
This wasn't Chinese setting the rules, government in Hong Kong was managed and rules were setup by British governors. I guess life back then was so much better than now.... Right?
Second, the Hong Kong shown here in 1995 looks no better than China today. Go to shenzhen, Shanghai and so on, and you will find they look far better than Hong Kong in 1995. This doesn't even look close to second tier like Changsha or Wuhan... It has been 23 years since then... Wait for 23 more years and you may find a well working socialist economy in China with proper social services while Hong Kong still has caged people.
I'd love to see a follow up to this. I just got back from Hong Kong and business seems booming. Though I have a suspicion that small manufacturers like those described in this documentary are all gone now.
The video footage in here is crisp as hell :)
I remember when everything was made in hong kong nothing says made in Hong Kong anymore.....
Back during The European Industrial Revolution, the wealthy capitalists pay laborers very little, resulting in a massive poor laboring class living in city slums. During Industrial Revolution children as young as ten were used in Coal Mines, in Factories. The pollution from Coal made things even worse for inner city dwellers. As a result of such situation, people like Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels initiated Communist Movement to overturn capitalist society, returning ownership of production to working class and to create a classless society. White people started Capitalism, White people started Communism. So WTF are these British saying about this cynicism of the Wealthy Mr. Chu, when it was their Capitalist system that created such a monster???!! ?
That is true and deep thank you
Im a capitalist and I make money and I employ people. Go ahead and let the government take care of you. Because in communism the government really cares about you. Yeah. Dumbass you know nothing of communism until you've lived though it.
Mredwardtypes Lets see you run a business with a communist mentality do it hahahahha so I know where your store is and I can buy it right after it goes about of business hahahahhahaha. Im from Taiwan before you start and originally my family was from Shenyang. I own 2 stores in America and one in Canada You brainwashed fool. You support Barack Obama and he's bad for not only Americas economy but the worlds and you gladly vote for him because hes a black liberal. Go ahead and kiss the ground he walks on.
Mredwardtypes wah wah wah go prey to your mao and lenin statues.
SpammingMonkey IMO the state owned enterprises during time of Mao where people were paid the same regardless of how much they produce was NOT what the original communist believed in.
everything is awesome. everything is cool when you're part of a team. everything is awesome when you're living on a dream.
I say if humans can not be allowed to reach there minimal exspectations of a civil life style due to social abuse than this failed system should and well be destroyed so that the playing field in the game of life is leveled down to its last stone......fight for humanity...
paulypizzaful eat the rich !!! Feed the poor! Let my people LIVE-!
Then he looked at his disciples, and said, "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
21 Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
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24 But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.
25 Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry later. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep later.
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27 But I say to you who are listening, love your enemies and do good to those who hate you.
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30 Give to everyone who asks you. If someone takes away something that belongs to you, do not ask him to give it back to you.
31 As you want people to do to you, you should do the same to them.
32 If you only love people who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
33 If you do good only to people who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.
34 If you only lend to people from whom you expect to be repaid, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount.
35 But love your enemies and do good to them. Lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he himself is kind toward unthankful and evil people.
@@jbrady1725
A circle with an upturned market triangle, the whole principle of transformation, something central to the character is transformation.
Same battle today, a system that finds benefit from devaluing the human.
A system that turns democracy and equality into tiered benefit, isn't a whole principle.
A child could see it, listening to the world Deity is a feint.
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paulypizzaful
You'll be fighting over a sea of corpses. It's impossible for everyone to have a sense of even life style. Be it financially or mentally. This is one of those cases where you yourself have been born into the wrong time period. Perhaps a dystopian future is more to your liking, cause it's certainly not possible now. Or maybe you could go back in time. To even 100 years ago where people literally starved to death. World hunger had been solved for the most part. That in of itself shows a great leap for what humanity has accomplished. People like you enjoy talking about equality, but I wonder if you would allow everything you and your parents and their parents before them to come crumbling down for what usually in first world countries is below 1% of the population. (Those living in poverty)
It's funny how David Chu lives in a bubble where he thinks that the family will come together to pull each other through.
1. Where does he get that information from? Except from a figment of his own imagination; and
2. Family around the poor member may just be as poor or even doing worse.
It's always the poor that suffer.But am I a part of the solution -or a part of the problem ?
That man lived there in that cage for 30 YEARS ? Oh Man. I will never complain about how cluttered-up my 'tiny 2bedrm flat is ..EVER again ! (Well This film puts it into perspective for me.) Shocking really but Thank you for getting this out.
After the hand over to China, much of HK prosperity had gone to mainland. The poverty rate among the local had increased several folds due to lower employment opportunity and lower genuine foreign capital investment inflow. Life is getting tougher for the natives.
Dignity and face are not exclusive concepts to China; they are just as important in any country. American poor people consider their dignity and respect just as important.
This video is prophetic to the 2019 protests/riots in Hong Kong
It’s 2019 and it’s even worse!!
I lived in the balcony of 14'x12' with six other family members from 1949 to 1956, in my grand father's house in Kowloon. I was born on the floor one flight up, but we could not claim the property back after WW2, we had to squeeze. Worst of all was that a piece of concrete fell next to where my brother slept that night might have killed him ! George Wu, ARCHITECT, AIA, NCARB 2017-11-23
OMG! We drove by this place back in 93 with my family. I have no idea that this was going on. I was only 15yrs old then.
fff
thank you for supporting a fight for humanity we should let them know we are watching for change against human suffering..not only in china but around the world humanity is not to be abused be strong we are united to eliminate human suffering..
paulypizzaful “watching” for change isn’t going to do it, buddy. We got to act, not just sit and watch. #eattherich
Never forget who you are in this world, where you are. Things can always be worse. God bless these people.
Yea things are worst for them already. Privileged comment
I'd love an update on this situation... God bless every one of those people.
This is really sad to see those people that are living in a cage. It's almost not much different for being in a jail...
If you live in such a huge, populated city I think this kind of thing is bound to happen. Not saying its right, but its just the reality of things.
+Jay West if You are poor stop having kid in Hong Kong is horrible shelters for the poors
it's also the most expensive city to live in the world and their lack of social programs don't help either.
I have a middle school classmate who made his fortune in real estate in H.K.. I heard that he became a ruthless person, hated by all his classmates. I remembered he used to sit near me and we never liked each other even in 1950's. George Wu, AIA, ARCHITECT,NCARB 2017-8-18
Hong Kong has been governed under a “one-country, two-system” model since the city was returned to China in 1997.
Last week, US President Donald Trump signed a bill into law, a controversial piece of legislation, the so-called “Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act,” that had attracted bipartisan support from Congress.
The new law requires the US State Department to certify, at least once every year, that Hong Kong has sufficient autonomy to justify favorable US trading terms, which have helped maintain its status as an international financial hub.
The law also threatens officials deemed responsible for alleged violations of human rights in Hong Kong with sanctions, including visa bans and asset freezes.
Beijing has called the move an example of Washington’s "sinister intentions.”
I'm from Brazil. Here , even in the slams.. people have more quality of life. Poor people. Here in Brazil still come lots and lots of people from China everyday, even the economy of Brazil is broke. Now I now why.
$6000 a month to live in a dog kennel. Just horrible.
Coming soon to a country near you!
One day im going to become a millionare and feed all them starving kids in the world
Richard Watson $5000 That is still better than $5 a day over a year.
$5 A DAY MAKE: *$35 a week, $150 a month, $1825 a year*
Very sad, reaching the fifties without a home or a family is really sad... I wander why they can bare this life. My bedroom in my parents house is really good for me now. I thought we have a big problem in Algeria, but after this video... Thanks God
I'm probably speculating a bit, yet I was a bit freaked out some of the footage... and the thought of people going through their whole lives just ending up in a cage.
it s so sad that governement do nothing for them
As sad as it is, unless one is disabled, wealth and poverty correlates directly to how hard and smart one works. Not improving one’s unhappy lifestyle shows exactly how little effort one is willing to spend. My parents and uncles all were homeless from mao’s revolution. They became doctors by hustling their asses off. No excuse to stay in poverty but one’s own vices.
Now in 2021, the Chinese Communist Party have control AGAIN, SMDH 🤦 if, the Chinese Communist Party Left Hong Kong then their democratic society wouldn't suffer, but the CCP doesn't Care About anykind of life, but MOSTLY humans 💯
@@Channel66678 what has this got to do with the CCP? At the time when this video was made, Hong Kong was still a British colony. Did you even watch the video, this documentary talks about a social system created by the British to favor the riches in Hong Kong
why would anybody want to go live and work for the rich in Hong Kong when They treated the poor like shit, no thanks
Bount Pathammavong They DON'T HAVE A CHOICE, that's why! Sheesh!
Believe it or not it's an upgrade for most of them. Mainland china is like a concentration camp
Bount Pathammavong how do u expect to move out if u cant afford food and rent?
We have a similar “Social experiment “ in America it’s called the projects and reservations... and the PROJECTS are not working out and never were they meant to.
Greed is a serious flaw in anyone who has too much.
The cheap rent on those cage apt would actually be an opportunity to get ahead. Least in the west, some people joke to go live in a tent and work and save all their money. Because the rent and utilities take all your money.
Coach Gumby would you want to live in a cage? That's worse than death
It's now 2016 and this was 21 years ago? Has anything changed? I saw a recent doco about cage living in hong kong and it was filmed in 2009...so nothing has fucking changed at all!
Support4MySingers sure they do!! cage get smaller and the place is more openly, and shared with others. there's no door nor rooms!!
This is the fault of not getting enough space to build. It's an artificial decrease in supply, raising price.
It would've been fine if hong kong was allowed to expand or if kowloon style structures were allowed.
Structural adjustment.... ? A fancy term for poverty
Keep this in mind: this kind of condition had already happened during the rulings under the white Brit colonial government. The new HKSAR government proposed to build more low-cost housing, but faced objections from CCP haters and anti-CCP politicians.
if you are talking about the lantau project, that one is definitely a waste of billions of dollars just to attract people to invest in the housing market. The HK government never cared about poor people. Just look at how low our minimum wage and the poor welfare.
Is this documentary really from 1995?
i like how this near 12 year old video is getting recommended to me
sad, i visited Hong Kong when i was young and it still remains the most beautiful place ive ever seen. horrible to know poverty is such an issue there
b0rnless , Really ,It seems like a garish heavily overpopulated garbage tip run by the "elite".
why are people commenting on this like its a new video? it is 20 years old!
+barrelrolldog The good news is stuff got a little better as the money that previously got siphoned off to the UK is not spent locally and there are some social welfare programs, although still not great.
+barrelrolldog They can upload all the wooden squatters before it all get taken down in 1976 and people still commenting as if they are still in 2016, forty years later !
Yeah ! it's gone from bad to worse !
There are plenty of public housing in Hong Kong. It usually takes only
3-5 years to get on to one. One must have a problem if he lives in cage
housing for 30 years. Some old stubborn Chinese just want to stick with
their old way of living and refuse to move on. Some refuse any form of
welfare as they want to retain their dignity. Some refuse to move to
even just 20 minutes away from the old Kowloon area. Some old Chinese
are very weird and I have seen a lot of them although they are getting
fewer now as they keep passing away.
Because things haven't gotten better at all since then. No, even worse sad to say, especially in the China of nowadays.
This is exactly where the most of the world is now. At different levels but it is still going on. We need to overthrow the current economic system of the world for the best of humanity, not corporations.
With communism no one will starve or be poor!
What do you replace it with?
I live in a 3rd world 'developing' Caribbean Country & having studied to Degree level, I usually tell friends, family that we're better off than at least 1/2 billion ppl on the Planet based on the issues of poverty & inequality status. This piece is testament to that viewpoint....IMO
Too many people in a small place and that is the result. I hope the world will not be overcrowded in xxx years.
Poor chicken 4:20
Hong Kong is ungodly expensive. I live in China and hotels, and I mean just average, two and three star, two beds and a hot shower type place costs upwards of $150 USD a night. I had to do business there and paid over a $100 for a “love hotel” in a crap building. The city is just very expensive.
Supposedly also the real estate and development is tightly controlled so it is difficult to build new flats and real estate there to even out the pricing a bit. One reason for example that New York is expensive is that there is only so much space in a limited area for the people who want to live there. Same problem with Hong Kong.
Perhaps a last reason is that while HK is a part of China, the HK people are seen as HK citizens. It’s not like they can easily pull up stakes and move to Mainland China. Mainland China would treat them as foreigners and there would be a lengthy process to change that. So people tend to be stuck in that city instead of being able to go to more affordable Shenzhen over the border.
You are not alone...believe have faith,do not give up.
I live in a comfortable townhouse, thank God, work hard and try not take things for granted because our lives can be turned upside down without a moment's notice. As I watched this video, it has given me a harsh awaken about that could of been me or anyone else at that matter..
Brenda Gordon Amen 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
I think these people are so hard workers and skilled so they can go to african nation's.Because of that african nation's will become developed and these people can live affordable there.
this is cyberpunk. ghost-o
It is very sad i feel for these people.
Unacceptable, nobody just up and chooses to live this damn way. Lack of funds family and resources.
Still better than the homeless in America.
ya still better than the syrians in syria
Life with Poodle Pants illegals may be. most homeless r in shelters with foods. i dont know what r u talking about.
Life with Poodle Pants Lol how are they still better than homeless in America? Where oh where do u get your news? Thete are programs on the US yo help homeless people dumb dumb.
But in many cases the homeless get free food, and in some places free shelters in the Usa
Can’t government do anything about this?
They aporoved the cages.
don't ever trust the government, do these things yourselves
I salute the producer of this video.
It's time to tax the rich to help the poor. You can't have this high inequality without terrible resentment.