0001 00:00:08:06
00:00:13:16
Where market
forces have made
the rich
incredibly wealthy.
0002 00:00:13:20
00:00:18:11
Where 20 square
feet cost 5 million.
0003 00:00:18:15
00:00:19:22
Normal price.
0004 00:00:21:03
00:00:25:13
Where billionaires
live side by side
with people in
cages.
0005 00:00:25:17
00:00:28:21
Just share, and
nobody would be poor.
0006 00:00:29:00
00:00:33:08
Where the
afterlife
can cost up to
1.5 million.
0007 00:00:33:12
00:00:36:11
PHILIP KHOKHAR
Correspondent
Even dying in
Hong Kong
is a costly
affair.
0008 00:00:43:08
00:00:46:08
Welcome to Hong
Kong.
0009 00:00:54:06
00:00:57:18
I'm on my way to
a place
where people live
in cages -
0010 00:00:57:22
00:01:00:05
- together with
Sze Lai-shan.
0011 00:01:00:09
00:01:03:13
3289.
0012 00:01:03:17
00:01:06:18
She's a social
worker
in a private
organization -
0013 00:01:06:22
00:01:12:06
- that helps the
weakest
of the city's 7
million residents.
0014 00:01:13:17
00:01:16:11
Hello.
0015 00:01:17:06
00:01:22:05
First, we visit a
room that houses
ten elderly men.
0016 00:01:22:09
00:01:28:09
One of these men
is 70-year-old
Joe Leung, who
sleeps in a cage.
0017 00:01:28:13
00:01:31:12
This is where you
sleep?
Or do you sleep
down here?
0018 00:01:31:16
00:01:38:00
Joe Leung
Retiree
I sleep here.
Someone else
lives down there.
0019 00:01:38:04
00:01:40:16
Your bed is very
hard.
How can you
sleep?
0020 00:01:40:20
00:01:45:05
I'm used to it,
so it doesn't
affect me.
0021 00:01:46:19
00:01:52:20
I've slept on
wooden boards
since I was a
child.
0022 00:01:54:00
00:01:57:04
There is no such
thing
as pension in
Hong Kong.
0023 00:01:57:08
00:02:01:23
But the poor can
apply for benefits
of 3000 kroner
per month.
0024 00:02:02:02
00:02:06:09
Joe Leung spends
half his money
on renting the
cage.
0025 00:02:06:13
00:02:11:18
He has, in vain,
applied for
a public housing
apartment.
0026 00:02:11:22
00:02:14:11
Do you think
you'll ever
get another place
to live -
0027 00:02:14:15
00:02:18:12
- or have you
accepted
that this is how
you live?
0028 00:02:18:16
00:02:23:15
It could a take a
long time for
the authorities
to give me a home.
0029 00:02:23:19
00:02:29:08
It could be
between
five and eight
years.
0030 00:02:32:03
00:02:36:02
You still smoke?
0031 00:02:36:06
00:02:41:11
You cough, and
yet you smoke.
How much do you
smoke?
0032 00:02:41:15
00:02:46:04
- Twenty a day.
- Then you can't
afford food.
0033 00:02:46:08
00:02:49:02
Twenty cigarettes
aren't that much.
0034 00:02:50:20
00:02:55:12
From 'Horisont',
October 2014
I visited places
like this together
with Sze Lai-Shan
four years ago.
0035 00:02:57:21
00:03:00:23
Then, students
were demonstrating
in the streets of
Hong Kong -
0036 00:03:01:02
00:03:05:12
- against the
extensive
social
inequality.
0037 00:03:05:16
00:03:11:05
And the
government promised
to improve life
for the marginalized.
0038 00:03:12:09
00:03:15:18
Four years later
very little has
changed.
0039 00:03:15:22
00:03:19:11
The number of
poor people
has even risen.
0040 00:03:22:06
00:03:25:01
Today, one in
five residents -
0041 00:03:25:05
00:03:30:06
- lives below the
poverty line
of 3300 kroner
per month.
0042 00:03:30:10
00:03:36:15
200,000 live in
extreme conditions
with hardly any
space.
0043 00:03:36:19
00:03:40:08
Is it legal for
the person who owns it
to do this?
0044 00:03:40:12
00:03:43:11
Yes, you can get
a license.
0045 00:03:43:15
00:03:46:03
So it is legal to
have ...
0046 00:03:46:07
00:03:50:20
SZE LAI-SHAN
Social worker
Yes, but some of
them ... With this one
they did not get
a license -
0047 00:03:50:24
00:03:54:04
- because they
say
it's below twelve
people.
0048 00:03:54:08
00:03:57:00
They only have
ten,
so they don't
need to register.
0049 00:03:57:04
00:03:59:07
But will the city
give a license?
0050 00:03:59:11
00:04:04:14
Yes, the
government will give them
a license. It's
ridiculous.
0051 00:04:08:02
00:04:11:16
But Hong Kong
actually has
loads of money.
0052 00:04:11:20
00:04:14:07
The city just
overtook New York -
0053 00:04:14:11
00:04:18:17
- as the place in
the world
with the most
super-rich.
0054 00:04:18:21
00:04:24:15
Those are people
with fortunes
over 200 million
kroner.
0055 00:04:27:11
00:04:31:21
In Hong Kong
alone 10,000 people
are categorized
as super-rich.
0056 00:04:34:00
00:04:38:03
And on top of
that taxes are low,
with a maximum at
17%.
0057 00:04:39:19
00:04:43:23
As a consequence,
the housing market
is one of the
world's most expensive.
0058 00:04:48:21
00:04:52:22
Many of Hong
Kong's poor live
in the Sham Shui
Po quarter.
0059 00:04:59:22
00:05:02:08
And this is where
I meet Jiaoli.
0060 00:05:02:12
00:05:08:14
She lives in a
12m2-room together
with her husband
and two children.
0061 00:05:08:18
00:05:13:03
CHEN JIAOLI
At-home mom
We sleep here.
My daughter
sleeps up here.
0062 00:05:13:07
00:05:16:12
My son, my
husband
and I sleep down
here.
0063 00:05:16:16
00:05:19:12
We only have one
bed.
0064 00:05:20:20
00:05:23:17
We have far too
little space.
0065 00:05:23:21
00:05:27:19
We have to put
our clothes here.
0066 00:05:29:21
00:05:33:14
During the day
she's at home
with her son
Hongqi who's 3 -
0067 00:05:33:18
00:05:37:12
- as she has only
a few hours
of kindergarten
for him per week.
0068 00:05:37:16
00:05:40:17
So, Jiaoli cannot
work.
0069 00:05:40:21
00:05:44:19
Come here.
0070 00:05:44:23
00:05:50:03
What have you
learnt?
What is that?
0071 00:05:50:07
00:05:52:19
- An egg.
- Yes, that's an
egg.
0072 00:05:52:23
00:05:59:08
- It's a car.
- Yes, that's a
car.
0073 00:05:59:12
00:06:03:24
This is where I
cook.
It's a small
kitchen.
0074 00:06:04:03
00:06:11:00
And this is our
bathroom.
0075 00:06:11:04
00:06:16:11
It's very small.
0076 00:06:16:15
00:06:18:16
Jiaoli is a
newcomer from China.
0077 00:06:18:20
00:06:22:20
She was shocked
at how little
space her family
could afford.
0078 00:06:22:24
00:06:26:16
This room costs
about
4000 kroner a
month.
0079 00:06:26:20
00:06:29:16
It was hard to
get used to
in the beginning.
0080 00:06:29:20
00:06:34:16
It was very
stressful
and depressing.
0081 00:06:37:18
00:06:42:00
The apartment is
divided into
three smaller apartments.
0082 00:06:42:04
00:06:45:14
The family lives
in this room.
0083 00:06:45:18
00:06:47:22
This is the
hallway.
0084 00:06:48:01
00:06:53:15
At the other end
of the apartment
two doors have
been installed -
0085 00:06:53:19
00:06:57:07
- to the other
rooms
where two other
families live.
0086 00:06:57:11
00:07:05:00
So all in all 11
people live in
this small
three-bedroom apartment.
0087 00:07:05:22
00:07:10:11
Actually, 60% of
Hong Kong's
population live
in public housing -
0088 00:07:10:15
00:07:13:05
- where
apartments are a bit bigger.
0089 00:07:13:09
00:07:15:22
But the waiting
lists are long -
0090 00:07:16:01
00:07:20:12
- and in the
meantime, poor families
are forced to
live in small spaces.
0091 00:07:20:16
00:07:25:19
Furthermore,
there's no limitation
on rent increases
in Hong Kong.
0092 00:07:27:00
00:07:31:00
Jiaoli's husband
is a construction
worker with no
steady income.
0093 00:07:31:04
00:07:34:21
With a minimum
wage
of 28 kroner an
hour -
0094 00:07:35:00
00:07:40:10
- he makes a
couple of hundred a day,
when he can find
work that is.
0095 00:07:40:14
00:07:43:12
Next month
the rent will
apparently go up.
0096 00:07:43:16
00:07:48:08
It will be a
problem
if we have to pay
7000-8000.
0097 00:07:48:12
00:07:52:21
We cannot afford
a bigger
apartment -
0098 00:07:53:00
00:07:56:06
- if it costs
more than 10,000.
0099 00:07:57:05
00:08:01:11
He's a bit
cheeky.
0100 00:08:01:15
00:08:08:10
In other homes
there is more space,
so the children
can play.
0101 00:08:08:14
00:08:12:23
Do you consider
yourself poor?
0102 00:08:15:00
00:08:20:08
Yes, we don't
always know
when we'll have
our next meal.
0103 00:08:20:12
00:08:26:23
My husband
doesn't have steady work.
It depends on his
boss.
0104 00:08:27:02
00:08:30:08
He only makes
a couple of
hundred a day.
0105 00:08:33:18
00:08:39:06
Until 1997 Hong
Kong was
a British colony.
0106 00:08:39:10
00:08:41:15
China promised
political
independence -
0107 00:08:41:19
00:08:45:06
- and free
elections until 2047.
0108 00:08:45:10
00:08:50:05
A promise the
Beijing government
has since reneged
on.
0109 00:08:50:09
00:08:54:10
Today, parts of
parliament
are elected by
the people.
0110 00:08:54:14
00:09:00:03
But the
government and the PM
are appointed by
a special council -
0111 00:09:00:07
00:09:04:05
- with an
overweight
of China-loyal
businessmen.
0112 00:09:04:09
00:09:06:18
That is one of
the reasons -
0113 00:09:06:22
00:09:10:17
- why the
government hesitates
to influence real
estate prices.
0114 00:09:10:21
00:09:13:23
David Hong
follows
the city's
housing market.
0115 00:09:14:02
00:09:21:05
DAVID HONG
Real estate
analyst
You don't have
incentives for officials
to do innovative
work.
0116 00:09:21:09
00:09:25:20
If you do
something innovative,
there will always
be opponents.
0117 00:09:25:24
00:09:28:07
For most middle-class
families -
0118 00:09:28:11
00:09:32:02
- it's almost
impossible
to get to own a
home -
0119 00:09:32:06
00:09:35:08
- as the city has
some of
the world's
highest prices per m2.
0120 00:09:35:12
00:09:38:10
So what you see
with many
middle-class
families is -
0121 00:09:38:14
00:09:42:16
- that you have
to save for years
and years, maybe
even generations?
0122 00:09:42:20
00:09:46:09
Yeah, and most of
the people
are subsidized by
their parents.
0123 00:09:46:13
00:09:49:22
Both parents.
We say six
wallets.
0124 00:09:50:01
00:09:56:15
Both the wife's
and the husband's
families.
0125 00:10:00:17
00:10:02:24
This is Tai Kok
Tsui.
0126 00:10:03:03
00:10:05:17
Real estate agent
Jason Tsang
has agreed -
0127 00:10:05:21
00:10:09:23
- to show me two
apartments
outside the city
center.
0128 00:10:12:24
00:10:17:11
The first one is
a 20m2
one-bedroom apartment
0129 00:10:19:01
00:10:23:09
The price is 5
million Danish kroner.
0130 00:10:23:13
00:10:26:10
And one bathroom.
0131 00:10:29:02
00:10:34:00
It's a fine
apartment.
But it costs 5
million.
0132 00:10:34:04
00:10:40:05
It's very
expensive in Hong Kong.
It's only a small
area.
0133 00:10:40:09
00:10:44:14
- How many people
can live in here?
- Maybe two or
one.
0134 00:10:44:18
00:10:47:15
It's a nice view.
0135 00:10:47:19
00:10:51:19
It's facing west.
0136 00:10:56:22
00:10:59:13
You shouldn't
have vertigo.
0137 00:10:59:17
00:11:05:05
You can also rent
the 20m2
for 13,000 kroner
a month.
0138 00:11:05:09
00:11:07:12
The price is only
fixed
for one year.
0139 00:11:07:16
00:11:09:13
It's a one-year
contract.
0140 00:11:09:17
00:11:15:11
JASON TSANG
Real estate agent
One-year fixed
contract.
After one year
you can move.
0141 00:11:15:15
00:11:19:15
So, you risk that
the rent
will increase
after one year?
0142 00:11:19:19
00:11:21:12
Yeah.
0143 00:11:22:14
00:11:24:18
Thank you.
0144 00:11:26:14
00:11:31:12
The real estate
agent then shows me
a 30m2 apartment.
0145 00:11:31:16
00:11:35:13
This is a very
small
two-bedroom
apartment ...
0146 00:11:36:23
00:11:40:12
... with a rather
modest bedroom.
0147 00:11:42:00 00:11:44:24
I'm curious to
know
what it costs.
0148 00:11:45:03
00:11:47:22
This one is only
for sale.
0149 00:11:48:01
00:11:53:19
Seven million
and five hundred
thousand.
0150 00:11:53:23
00:11:57:19
7.5 million?
Okay.
0151 00:11:57:23
00:12:03:04
The size is 30
m2.
0152 00:12:03:08
00:12:10:09
7.5 million Hong
Kong dollars
are about 6
million Danish kroner.
0153 00:12:12:06
00:12:15:06
The 30 m2 for 6
million -
0154 00:12:15:10
00:12:19:20
- is even considered
a cheap
apartment in Hong
Kong.
0155 00:12:19:24
00:12:24:05
It could easily
be twice that
in a different
quarter of Hong Kong.
0156 00:12:24:09
00:12:29:04
This is an old
industrial quarter
and therefore not
very sought-after.
0157 00:12:42:06
00:12:44:03
Hello?
0158 00:12:44:07
00:12:50:10
Sze Lai-Shan also
lived in a small
room with her
family as a child.
0159 00:12:50:14
00:12:57:16
It frustrates her
that poverty still
mars Hong Kong a
generation later.
0160 00:12:57:20
00:13:01:03
She blames the
city's
lack of
democracy.
0161 00:13:01:07
00:13:06:24
Sze Lai-Shan
Social worker
It's not a
democratic society because
rich people have
a lot of power.
0162 00:13:07:03
00:13:11:02
Some of them want
to
control the
government.
0163 00:13:12:10
00:13:17:05
En route to the
next apartment, Sze
Lai-Shan points
to an old building.
0164 00:13:17:09
00:13:21:15
Do you see the
hotel?
Before, it was an
old building.
0165 00:13:21:19
00:13:25:16
And also a cage
home.
Many cage homes.
Typical.
0166 00:13:25:20
00:13:31:03
But now they've
demolished it,
and it's become a
luxury hotel.
0167 00:13:31:07
00:13:34:09
From cage home
to luxury hotel.
0168 00:13:36:20
00:13:40:06
We'll go to the
4th floor.
0169 00:13:40:10
00:13:44:04
It smells of
urine on the stairs.
0170 00:13:46:04
00:13:49:22
How are you?
How are you?
Hello.
0171 00:13:50:01
00:13:53:10
The apartment has
been remodeled
and now houses 27
people.
0172 00:13:53:14
00:13:54:24
Up and down.
0173 00:13:55:03
00:13:58:14
They each have a
place to sleep
up or down.
0174 00:14:01:00
00:14:05:17
The tenants share
two filthy toilets
and a modest
kitchen.
0175 00:14:05:21
00:14:09:00
One of the
residents
is retiree Betty.
0176 00:14:09:04
00:14:13:04
You're too tall
to stand inside.
0177 00:14:14:23
00:14:17:21
- So this is
where you sleep?
- Yes.
0178 00:14:23:02
00:14:26:00
You can hardly
move about.
0179 00:14:26:04
00:14:31:00
- I sleep here.
- You sleep here?
0180 00:14:31:21
00:14:34:12
And I have ...
0181 00:14:34:16
00:14:40:11
BETTY AU
Retiree
And I have one
...
Mickey Mouse.
0182 00:14:40:15
00:14:44:08
- Oh, you have a
mouse.
- Mickey Mouse.
0183 00:14:44:12
00:14:47:24
Where is it?
I can't see it.
0184 00:14:48:03
00:14:53:08
Sorry! Sorry!
Mickey Mouse is
over there.
0185 00:14:57:06
00:15:01:13
- Do you like
living here?
- No, I don't
like it.
0186 00:15:01:17
00:15:07:21
I don't like that
the room
has no windows.
0187 00:15:08:00
00:15:12:01
And that it's
very, very hot.
0188 00:15:12:05
00:15:15:22
It's very low.
0189 00:15:16:01
00:15:20:17
You can do it.
I can't.
0190 00:15:20:21
00:15:23:02
I can't stand.
0191 00:15:23:06
00:15:26:20
- What's the name
of the mouse?
- Small Sun.
0192 00:15:26:24
00:15:29:11
Small Sun?
What's the
Chinese name?
0193 00:15:29:15
00:15:34:10
The Chinese name
is
Siu Tamai Lou.
0194 00:15:34:14
00:15:38:06
- Now, he's
asleep.
- No, he's awake.
0195 00:15:38:10
00:15:41:00
'Cause it's so
hot!
0196 00:15:44:05
00:15:49:20
What are you
watching?
TV?
0197 00:15:49:24
00:15:52:10
Farther down the
hall is Mr. Wong.
0198 00:15:52:14
00:15:55:17
He says it might
not be
very comfortable
-
0199 00:15:55:21
00:15:59:17
- but that he
likes living here
for the company.
0200 00:15:59:21
00:16:05:21
WONG
Retiree
If you have a
heart attack
and live alone,
no one can help you.
0201 00:16:06:00
00:16:10:09
Even if you sound
the alarm
it's too late.
0202 00:16:10:13
00:16:14:04
He admits that
he's not very
good at managing
his benefits -
0203 00:16:14:08
00:16:19:17
- as he gambles
on horses, so now
he owes money to
the landlord.
0204 00:16:19:21
00:16:23:18
When I get money
on the first of
the month, it
quickly disappears.
0205 00:16:23:22
00:16:27:16
The rest of the
month I'm without
money. I can just
lie down to die.
0206 00:16:27:20
00:16:31:01
You should let
someone else
look after your
money.
0207 00:16:31:05
00:16:36:06
- I spend them on
the horses.
- It's stupid.
0208 00:16:36:10
00:16:42:07
They're kidding.
They're saying that
they are poor and
don't have money -
0209 00:16:42:11
00:16:46:21
- and if they use
up their money,
they'll commit
suicide.
0210 00:16:47:00
00:16:51:03
- I hope not.
- I hope not ...
0211 00:16:54:10
00:16:59:12
Hong Kong
actually has savings to the
amount of about
1500 billion kroner -
0212 00:16:59:16
00:17:02:21
- equaling
200,000 pr. capita.
0213 00:17:04:19
00:17:08:00
At auctions the
city sells off land
to developers -
0214 00:17:08:04
00:17:11:16
- and earmarks the
money
for tough times.
0215 00:17:11:20
00:17:16:24
So there are
large areas of land
where housing
could be built.
0216 00:17:17:03
00:17:24:02
But both green
organizations
and property
owners fight it.
0217 00:17:24:06
00:17:26:21
In the meantime,
creative
individuals -
0218 00:17:27:00
00:17:30:09
- make good money
on the square
foot shortage.
0219 00:17:32:14
00:17:35:05
You get a card
just like in
hotels.
0220 00:17:35:09
00:17:41:01
Such as Eric
Wong, the CEO of a
company that
produces capsule beds.
0221 00:17:41:05
00:17:46:21
ERIC WONG
CEO
Even doctors and
lawyers
share an
apartment.
0222 00:17:47:00
00:17:50:22
Their thinking is
influenced by
developers and
the authorities.
0223 00:17:51:01
00:17:54:03
The price starts
at 3000 kroner -
0224 00:17:54:07
00:17:57:24
- and this gives
people more privacy
than an ordinary
bed.
0225 00:17:58:03
00:18:00:22
- Can we go
inside?
- Yes, sure.
0226 00:18:07:11
00:18:12:08
- What is all of
this?
- You can touch
the panel on the top.
0227 00:18:12:12
00:18:16:24
- So this is
sleep.
- Sleep mode. All
the lights are off.
0228 00:18:17:03
00:18:21:01
- Pretty good.
- Yeah,
comfortable.
0229 00:18:21:05
00:18:25:12
- Could you live
in a capsule?
- Me? Yeah, sure.
0230 00:18:25:16
00:18:32:10
When I go to
other countries,
to clients -
0231 00:18:32:14
00:18:36:24
- I also live in
the capsule hotel -
0232 00:18:37:03
00:18:42:08
- to see if our client's
business
is good or not.
0233 00:18:42:12
00:18:48:10
- So when I wanna
say goodnight ...
- Yeah, you can
make a lock.
0234 00:18:51:11
00:18:53:20
- Okay,
goodnight.
- Goodnight.
0235 00:18:57:05
00:19:00:14
The lack of space
has also made
another business
lucrative.
0236 00:19:01:20
00:19:05:10
And it's all
about the afterlife.
0237 00:19:05:14
00:19:08:09
Most people in
Hong Kong
are cremated.
0238 00:19:08:13
00:19:12:18
There are public
spaces
where you may put
your urn.
0239 00:19:12:22
00:19:18:14
But due to
year-long waiting lists,
private companies
are thriving.
0240 00:19:18:18
00:19:22:16
Such as this
temple
close to the
Chinese border.
0241 00:19:23:12
00:19:28:04
EVA MA
Temple employee
You can leave a
present for the dead.
0242 00:19:28:08
00:19:31:19
He was a chef
before he died.
0243 00:19:31:23
00:19:36:24
The cheapest urn
space
costs more than
100,000 kroner.
0244 00:19:37:03
00:19:41:12
They have the best
view here.
Look.
0245 00:19:41:16
00:19:47:10
If you want a
more attractive space
in death, it's
even more expensive.
0246 00:19:47:14
00:19:53:22
The cheapest urn
spaces cost
250,000 kroner.
0247 00:19:54:01
00:19:58:23
The most expensive,
the twin urn
spaces for couples -
0248 00:19:59:02
00:20:02:24
- may cost up to
1.5 million kroner.
0249 00:20:03:03
00:20:06:22
In return you get
a view of the
rainforest.
0250 00:20:21:20
00:20:24:01
Watch the cars.
0251 00:20:26:15
00:20:30:16
In the afternoon,
Jiaoli is
on the playground
with her son -
0252 00:20:30:20
00:20:33:22
- before she must
pick up
her daughter,
Zihan, from school.
0253 00:20:35:02
00:20:37:11
Oh! The car
tilted!
0254 00:20:37:15
00:20:42:19
- I'm up high!
- Yes, very high
up.
0255 00:20:42:23
00:20:47:01
Will you buy a
nice apartment
over there one
day?
0256 00:20:47:05
00:20:51:19
- Yes.
- Then you must
work hard.
0257 00:20:51:23
00:20:56:24
- Will you give
me money?
- Mama doesn't
have any money.
0258 00:20:57:03
00:21:00:10
- Will daddy give
me money?
- You must ask
him.
0259 00:21:02:08
00:21:05:03
The family's
economy is under
pressure both
from the rent -
0260 00:21:05:07
00:21:08:03
- and from rising
food prices.
0261 00:21:10:01
00:21:14:05
I need pork for a
pan dish
or soup.
0262 00:21:15:07
00:21:19:00
Jiaoli picks up
her daughter
Zihan from
school.
0263 00:21:19:04
00:21:23:15
Vegetables were
too expensive today.
18 dollars for
500 grams.
0264 00:21:23:19
00:21:29:23
So I bought pork
for dinner.
0265 00:21:34:24
00:21:40:23
At home, the
difficult hours
of her daughter's
homework start -
0266 00:21:41:02
00:21:46:24
- while the
younger brother
plays with the
neighbor's son.
0267 00:21:52:17
00:21:57:16
They must play in
the hallway
because there's
no space in the room.
0268 00:21:57:20
00:22:02:23
No, I'll give you
the ball.
0269 00:22:09:17
00:22:16:16
LIN ZIHAN
Student
There's no space
for my books,
so they're on the
bed.
0270 00:22:16:20
00:22:23:07
My school bag is
in the corner,
so that my
brother doesn't take them.
0271 00:22:23:11
00:22:26:13
He's tall enough
to reach them now.
0272 00:22:33:16
00:22:37:10
Don't make so
much noise.
0273 00:22:37:14
00:22:42:08
If you want a
cookie,
you must be
quiet. Are you hungry?
0274 00:22:43:14
00:22:47:12
Jiaoli has no
other choice
than to get used
to the noise.
0275 00:22:47:16
00:22:49:09
It could be years
-
0276 00:22:49:13
00:22:53:21
- before the
family fulfills
its dream of a
bigger apartment.
0277 00:22:54:00
00:22:56:18
We've been
looking for four years.
0278 00:22:56:22
00:23:02:10
But the waiting
lists are long,
so I don't know
what will happen.
0279 00:23:02:14
00:23:05:23
We hope we get a
public housing
apartment soon.
0280 00:23:11:07
00:23:13:24
I'm out with Sze
Lai-Shan.
0281 00:23:14:03
00:23:18:17
It's a Chinese
holiday,
so she's handing
out mooncakes.
0282 00:23:18:21
00:23:23:07
Hello.
It's been a long
time.
0283 00:23:23:11
00:23:26:23
I brought
mooncake.
Take the big one.
0284 00:23:27:02
00:23:30:23
Happy Moon
Festival.
0285 00:23:31:02
00:23:34:24
I'm a social
worker.
I've brought you
mooncake.
0286 00:23:35:03
00:23:38:12
Although she
frequently
visits the poor
areas -
0287 00:23:38:16
00:23:42:01
- she still meets
people
she's never met
before.
0288 00:23:42:05
00:23:47:01
- How old are
you?
- I'm 79.
0289 00:23:47:05
00:23:51:14
If you need help,
let me know.
0290 00:23:51:18
00:23:55:08
I'm a social
worker.
0291 00:23:55:12
00:23:57:07
Sze Lai-shan
believes -
0292 00:23:57:11
00:24:02:00
- that poverty
will be a part of
Hong Kong for
many years to come.
0293 00:24:02:04
00:24:08:11
But she's hoping
that the city's elite
will take note of
life at the bottom.
0294 00:24:08:15
00:24:13:09
In Hong Kong
we should not
have poor people.
0295 00:24:13:13
00:24:16:15
So some people
say:
0296 00:24:16:19
00:24:21:07
"You keep on
telling people about
a better Hong
Kong.
0297 00:24:21:11
00:24:24:18
You're destroying
Hong Kong's
image." I
say: "I don't want to.
0298 00:24:24:22
00:24:28:23
But it's
happening in Hong Kong,
and we need to
face it and reality."
0299 00:24:33:20
00:24:36:11
Subtitles: Tina
Goldberg
Dansk Video Tekst
0300 10:00:00:00
10:00:00:08
Pr.nr.:
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buret US
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