Shamshuipo

Shamshuipo (SSP) is one of the oldest district in Hong Kong. Like the inner city of many developed cities, SSP is also rapidly decaying. It now has the highest concentration of poor households, the marginalised ethnic minority... [ view full abstract ]

Shamshuipo (SSP) is one of the oldest district in Hong Kong. Like the inner city of many developed cities, SSP is also rapidly decaying. It now has the highest concentration of poor households, the marginalised ethnic minority groups as well as homeless people. Yet it is also one of the areas with intensive gentrification. The tour will be a street walk guided by local residents who will show you the history, changing landscape as well as the newly emerged contestation created by changing demography, ethnic diversity as well as the competition for space.
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