‘Someone to talk to’: Struggling elderly HK man shuns proper government flat for cramped ‘coffin home’ because it offers human company


By Fran Lu

An elderly Hong Kong man has revealed that he would rather live in a 15-square-foot “coffin home” than a larger public housing flat because “at least I have someone to talk to here”.

His distressing story has resonated online after a Hong Kong social enterprise operation that supports the employment of old people – Gingko House – posted his story on Facebook on February 3.

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