‘Someone to talk to’: struggling elderly Hong Kong man shuns proper government flat for cramped ‘coffin home’ because it offers human company

By Fran Lu

In an echo of many, an elderly Hong Kong man says that he would rather live in a 15-square-foot “coffin home” than a bigger public housing flat because “at least I have someone to talk to here”.

Source: ‘Someone to talk to’: struggling elderly Hong Kong man shuns proper government flat for cramped ‘coffin home’ because it offers human company