The atmosphere inside is hot, dark, intense and unfriendly', he said. 'As I first arrived in the corridor outside, I could hear the landlord inside yelling at the residents; I beat a retreat and returned later.'
With a population of more than 7 million, about the same as London, the wealthy former British colony has an area of just 426 square miles which puts prices at a premium. A small one-bedroom apartment costs about HK$16,000 (£1,240) a month.
The caged homes began in the 1950s and 1960s when a baby boom and an influx of Chinese migrants saw Hong Kong's population soar by more than a million.
But there were just a few thousand cages until the 1990s, when the estimated number soared to a peak of 100,000 in 1997.
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