‘A silent killer’: How Hong Kong’s elderly face deadly heat inside cramped cage homes

‘A silent killer’: How Hong Kong’s elderly face deadly heat inside cramped cage homes

After climbing three flights of stairs in a building in Hong Kong’s bustling Mong Kok district, HKFP found an open metal gate and a wooden door adorned with Spring Festival decorations. The air was stale, thick with humidity from a shared bathroom and dust from the building’s ongoing renovation. There was no breeze entering the flat’s only windows, and temperatures outside were running high for February – a month that used to bring cold weather.…