Stories of Pang Jai

Until 2015, the government proposed land resumption without consultation to construct a subsidized housing unit. In Hong Kong, where land is prohibitively expensive, it is easy for authorities to deem areas as having no economic value and target them for eradication. In Sham Shui Po, cloth vendors raise their voices for shared beliefs, caught between struggle and livelihood, as politicians and bureaucrats clash. In Sham Shui Po's shacks, exposed to wind and rain and sun, this is their living space.