What life is like for Hong Kong's 'coffin home' dwellers during the coronavirus outbreak
HONG KONG - To escape the confines of his Hong Kong “coffin home”, or two square meters of living space, Simon Wong usually spends his days in the park playing mahjong with friends, only returning at night to sleep.
“During SARS I didn’t even wear one mask, I was even working then,” he recalls. “I lived in a place like this, with even more open space, 30 people and not one wore a mask.” His current abode is one of 18 plywood “coffin homes” in a dusty subdivided apartment in Hong Kong’s most densely populated neighborhood, Mong Kok. An improvised shelf holds his TV and groceries, while his clothes and other necessities hang on hooks around him.
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