【Report from our newspaper】The living environment in Hong Kong is crowded, and subdivided flats, cubicles, lofts and coffin houses are everywhere. For many years, grassroots citizens have not only been troubled by “housing poverty”, residents of poor housing and no Family members are more likely to be labeled by the public. The Association of Community Organizations set up an exhibition hall called “City Living Experience Hall” in a tenement unit in Tai Kok Tsui, which restores the reality of grassroots housing one by one. There are cubicles and pavilions where several groups share a toilet, The kitchen and exhibition hall held a launching ceremony yesterday.
The purpose of the experience hall is to deepen the public’s understanding of grassroots life and poverty issues through guided tours or live libraries; to build and enhance the motivation and capabilities of residents through docent training; to build a positive image of residents and their connection with the community Tie. The museum retains the original partitions and decorations with the characteristics of the times, such as nostalgic floor tiles, window grilles, flower screens, and simple partitions.
Educate the public not to use unfair labels
Jiang Yuhuan, who attended the launch ceremony, lived in a cubicle for 10 years when she was a child. She pointed out that one of the purposes of the experience hall is to educate the public, respect grassroots citizens, and not to label them unfairly. She also understands the difficulty of the grassroots. More than 50 years later, there are still many people living in unsuitable housing, and people at the grassroots level still have to eat every meal. They question why the government invests resources in housing and welfare, but there are still so many people living in poverty. on-line.
Some Form 5 students who visited the guided tour said that during the visit, they really felt “so hot, so cramped” and “stuck”, and felt that the experience hall was “close to the ground”. Shi Lishan, deputy director of the Social Association, said that the experience hall can teach the public to respect residents living in inappropriate residences. She also pointed out that poverty and housing problems have existed for a long time, and she hopes to start from the perspective of personal stories.
