Unwanted gods find new home in Hong Kong

New statues arrive every month from a number of sources -- restaurants that are undergoing renovation, private homes where they can no longer be accommodated. - AFP

Hong Kong (AFP) - Tucked away on a coastal Hong Kong hillside is a different type of recycling point -- here, thousands of unwanted statues of deities look out to sea, gathered and repaired after their owners discard them.

Dedicated volunteer Wong Wing-pong attends to the colourful collection of figures which are perched on a rocky slope running down to the sea in the south of the city.