I denne søkkrike byen bor 200.000 i ørsmå kistehjem

I skyggen av Hongkongs blanke skyskrapere vokser det fram en enorm boligkrise.

In this Thursday, March 28, 2017 photo, a resident who only gave his surname Yeung, takes rest in his 'coffin home' in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, 'coffin homes' and other 'inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Foto: Kin Cheung
In this Thursday, March 28, 2017 photo, Wong Tat-ming, 63, sits in his 'coffin home' which is next to a set of grimy toilets in Hong Kong as he pays HK$2,400 ($310) a month for a compartment measuring three feet by six feet. It's crammed with all his meager possessions, including a sleeping bag, small color TV and electric fan. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Foto: Kin Cheung
In this Tuesday, April 25, 2017 photo, a man walks in front of a residential and commercial building, center, where the 'coffin home' are located in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, 'coffin homes' and other 'inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Foto: Kin Cheung
In this Thursday, March 28, 2017 photo, residents who only gave their surname Yeung, left and Lui,  take rest in their 'coffin homes' in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, 'coffin homes' and other 'inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Foto: Kin Cheung
In this Thursday, May 4, 2017 photo,  a resident who only gave his surname Sin, 55, tidies up the bed in his 'coffin home' in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, 'coffin homes' and other 'inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Foto: Kin Cheung
In this Thursday, March 28, 2017 photo, a set of grimy toilets and single sink shared by the coffin home's two dozen inhabitants, including a few single women, is located at a flat in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, 'coffin homes' and other 'inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Foto: Kin Cheung
In this Thursday, May 4, 2017 photo, Hong Kong residents, who only gave their surname, Lam, top left, Wan, top right, and Kitty Au, pose at their 'coffin homes' in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, 'coffin homes' and other 'inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Foto: Kin Cheung
In this Thursday, March 28, 2017 photo, a resident who only gave his surname Lui, has dinner in his 'coffin home' in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, 'coffin homes' and other 'inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Foto: Kin Cheung
In this Thursday, March 28, 2017 photo, Wong Tat-ming, 63, sits in his 'coffin home' which is next to a set of grimy toilets in Hong Kong as he pays HK$2,400 ($310) a month for a compartment measuring three feet by six feet. It's crammed with all his meager possessions, including a sleeping bag, small color TV and electric fan. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Foto: Kin Cheung
In this Thursday, May 4, 2017 photo, Simon Wong, an unemployed man, watches TV in his 'coffin home' in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, 'coffin homes' and other 'inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Foto: Kin Cheung
In this Thursday, March 28, 2017 photo, Wong Tat-ming, 63, sits in his 'coffin home' where is crammed with all his meager possessions, including a sleeping bag, small color TV and electric fan. He and another elderly resident complain to a visiting social worker about bedbugs and cockroaches. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Foto: Kin Cheung
In this Saturday, May 6, 2017 photo, a resident walks outside his illegal rooftop hut where is located next to a public housing estate, at the background, in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, 'coffin homes' and other 'inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Foto: Kin Cheung
200.000 voksne og barn bor boenheter som er så små at det knapt kan kalles for kott. FOTO: AP Photo/Kin Cheung

Det er en skyggeside av boligboomen i den tidligere britiske kolonien, Hongkong.Anslagsvis 200.000 personer lever i ørsmå boenheter. Blant dem er 35.000 barn under 15 år, viser tall fra myndighetene. Dette er en økning på 18 prosent de siste fire årene, skriver Associated Press (AP)- Jeg får ikke pusteAP-fotograf Kin Cheung besøkte flere av disse såkalte «kistehjemmene» i mars, og snakket med de som bor i dem. Mange er helt vanlige mennesker med jobber, men som er utkon