HongKong

‘We did our part for Hong Kong’: families count down to moving into new homes in estate used as Covid-19 quarantine centre



Housewife L.N. Siu, her husband and daughter were ecstatic when they were finally allocated a public housing flat at Chun Yeung Estate in Hong Kong last December, after waiting eight years.Then the Covid-19 pandemic struck and the government turned the estate’s five blocks with 4,800 flats in Fo Tan into a temporary quarantine facility.Siu’s family must wait until next year to move in. It means continuing to pay rent of HK$4,500 (US$580) a month for their 200 sq ft subdivided flat, which is HK…



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