Ubomi kwiHong Kong enhle kunye nezobugcisa kungekhona wonke umntu onako ukufumana. Ngenxa yoko, abanye abantu kufuneka baphile emagumbini amancinci amancinci angemthethweni, athiwa "amangcwaba" phakathi kwawo.
Ngokutsho kwintengiso ye-Society for Community Organization, malunga nabangama-200,000 abahlali baseHong Kong baphoqeleka ukuba baphile kwiimeko ezingafanelekanga.
"Amaseli" ngamagumbi amancinci apho abameleli bamaqela amaninzi ahluphekileyo ahlala khona.
Apha abantu abahlukeneyo ngokwesini kunye nobudala bahlala. Kukho into edibanisayo - akukho namnye onokukwazi ukufumana loo ndawo yokuhlala apho ubuncinane bemi ngokukhula ngokugcwele.
Hayi, iingxaki zabantu abangama-200,000 abahlala "emangcwabeni" ziphelelwa yimvelaphi yobuqaqawuli bobubomi baseHong Kong. Kunzima ukucinga, kodwa kukho abo bangayazi ngokuba khona "kwamangcwaba," kwaye ukuba bayakwazi ukuqaphela, bayenqaba ngokucacileyo ukukholelwa ukuba umntu angaphila kwiimeko ezinjalo.
Zonke ezi zithombe zenziwe i-SoCo - inhlangano engekho karhulumente elwa nokulungiswa kwezopolitiko eziya kunceda ukuqinisekisa izinga elifanelekileyo lokuphila kubo bonke abantu basekuhlaleni.
Izakhamuzi 'zamangcwaba' zifanele zizivelele, zilungele "iibhokisi" zazo.
U-Ah Tina kufuneka ahlale kwindlu ene-1.1 m2. Ngenxa yokungakwazi ukutshintsha into ebomini, umntu uye walahlekelwa ngumdla wakhe, kuba uyadla i-Ah Tin kakhulu.
UMnu. Lyng uchitha intsuku kunye nobusuku enencwadi ezandleni zakhe. Kuba bonke ubomi bakhe kwafuneka atshintshe imisebenzi emininzi. Kodwa ngoku udala kakhulu, kwaye akukho mntu ufuna ukumthatha ukuba asebenze. Ukuze angabhubhi kwihlabathi lenene lentlupheko kunye neentlupheko, uLjung ukhetha ukuchitha ixesha kwizinto ezingokoqobo.
Omnye wabemi be "kwingcwaba" yaseHong Kong uthi, "Nangona ndihleli, iindonga zebhokisi zandijikelezile ngamacala amane.
Ngokudabukisayo, ayikho enye indawo yokhetho lwezindlu kwiHong Kongers ezihluphekileyo.
Amagunya asekuhlaleni akhathaleli ngabemi beli sixeko, abanokuhlula igumbi elinomlinganiselo ongaphezu kwama-35 m2 ukuya kwiibhedi ezili-20.
"Amathuba" abuyele kwizinto ezinobunzima kwaye akhumbuze ukuba ubomi baseHong Kong asinasiphumi. Ubuncinane hhayi wonke umntu ...
Kule minyaka eyi-10 edlulileyo, inani lamacango eminyango selinciphile, kodwa sele ithatyathelwe yinto engatshatyalaliswayo-indawo zokulala, ezibhedi, ezidibene neendonga ezine.
"Amathuba" ahlala kufuphi, ngenxa yokuba abucala babemi bafanele bawulibale. Ewe kukho imfihlo, ukulala ngokuthula kuye kwaba yinto yokunethezeka kubo ixesha elide.
Kwiminyaka yakhe engama-60, uMnu. Wong usenomtshatsheli omnyama. Ukuhlawula irenti ebiza, kufuneka asebenze kwindawo yesakhiwo yonke imihla. Kwaye ngexesha lakhe lokungcebeleka, uWong unceda abantu abangenamakhaya.
Amagumbi amancinane anjalo, eqinisweni, izakhiwo ezingekho mthethweni.
Abemi beli "cube" baseJapan. Utata nendodana zide kakhulu, ngoko kunzima ukuba bahambe ngeendawo eziphantsi.
Ukusuka kwigumbi labo elincinane kwintsapho yaseLeung benza indawo yokuhlala. Ngoku inendawo yokulala, igumbi lokudlela kunye nekhitshi.
Abameli beSoCo kunye neminye imibutho efana nayo inceda ukulwa amalungelo abo kubantu abahlala kwezi zimo ezinobundlobongela.
"Ngaloo mini ndabuyela ekhaya ndaza ndakhala iinyembezi," watsho uBenny Lam emva kokuba afake iifoto ezinobungxowankulu kwiindawo ezincinci zaseHong Kong.
Ezi zindlu, ukuba zingabizwa njalo, zifana neenqindi. Yaye ubukhulu bawo buncinane ngaphezu kwezinga eliqhelekileyo. Ngokuqinisekileyo, umfaki-zithombe wayenzima kumsebenzi onjalo. Ukugcina ukungabi nabulungisa okunjalo, ukubona ukubandezeleka kwabantu abangenacala abangaphantsi kobuhlwempuzekileyo kunye nokunyanzeliswa ukuba bathuthele kwi "cube", nje ukuba bangahlali kwisitalato, buhlungu kakhulu.
I-Hong Kong yidolophu ebiza kakhulu apho ubomi buhamba ngokugcwele. Kukho ezininzi izakhiwo zanamhlanje, amaziko okuthenga, ama-boutiques, iivenkile. Kodwa asimele sikhohlwe ukuba emva kwalesi sigqeba esibuhle sinentlungu yabantu abayizinkulungwane ezingama-200 - ezingamawaka angama-40 abantwana ngabantwana - banyanzeliswe ukuba bangene emagumbini kunye nommandla ongaphantsi kwe-2 m2.
Ngenxa yokunyuka kwexabiso, amaxabiso kwiimakethe zendawo yangaphandle aqhubela kwixabiso eliphezulu kwihlabathi. Ukwandiswa kwerenti yamashumi amawaka abantu asele ngaphandle kwezindlu ezifanelekileyo. Bokuba ubuncinane uhlobo oluthile lwephahla phezu kweentloko zabo, abaninzi banokuvuma ukuba baye kwiindawo ezincinci okanye ezingenakufikeleleka "ii cubes", apho indlu yangasese, isanti, ikamelo, igumbi lokulala kunye negumbi lokudlela zidibaniswe kwigumbi elinye.
Amagunya akha "amangcwaba" ngokungemthetho, ukwahlula amakamelo amakhulu kwiiseli apho umntu oqhelekileyo kunzima ukuma. Kufanelekile ukuqesha le "intonwabo" malunga ne-$ 250 ngenyanga.
Ikhitshi, idibene neyendlu yangasese - efana neyo "amangcwaba" ecwangcisiweyo.
Ngeprojekthi yakhe "Umgibe", uLam unqwenela ukubeka ingqalelo yoluntu kwiimeko ezithile ezinzima abantu abathile basinde, ngelixa ininzi yeso sixeko ikhula kwaye ibhukuda ngokunethezeka.
"Unokubuza ukuba kutheni sifanele sinyamekele abantu abangenabo nangayiphi indlela," kusho umlobi weprojekthi. "Enyanisweni bonke aba bantu bahluphekileyo bayingxenye yobomi bethu. Basebenza njengabalindi, oomabhalana, abalindi bezokhuseleko, abacoca kwiindawo zokuthenga nezitrato. Intlukwano yethu ephezulu kwizindlu. Kwaye ukuphucula izimo zabo zentlupheko yendawo yinto yesithunzi sabantu. "
Ukuxhalaba, ukungalungi nokuhlambalaza, kodwa abantu baseHong Kong kufuneka balwe nxamnye nezindlu ezinjalo ezimbi.
Abaninzi babo banamahloni ukuvuma ukuba bahlala emagumbini. Kodwa ke, baninzi bavula umnyango kumntu ongaziwayo, othemba ukuba umsebenzi wakhe uya kunceda ukuncedisa abaphathi kwiintlungu zabo, kwaye ngolunye usuku umcimbi wezindlu eHong Kong uya kugqitywa. UBenny Lam uthembela ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba iifoto, ezibonisa ngokucacileyo ukuba ezinye iindawo kwindawo zamangcwaba ayanele ngokwaneleyo ukuba zolule ngokupheleleyo imilenze yazo, ziza kwenza amalungu athile asempilweni yoluntu abe neengxaki zabasweleyo aze asombulule yonke imiba yokungalingani kwemali engenayo.
I-Hong Kong idume ngokumgangatho wayo wokuphila. Kodwa ukulibala ukuba emva kwayo yonke le miqondiso, iindawo zokuthenga ezityebileyo kunye neeklabhu, ubomi beminyaka engama-200 abantu abaphoqelelwe ukuba bahlale "kwiikhabhi" kunye nommandla wecandelo elingaphaya kweyure leyure.