Hong Kong 's network of sky slums are barnacled onto roofs of tenements built in 1950s , ' 60s . Mostly found in old urban areas in Chinatown -- Tin Shui Po , Kwun Tung and Tai Po Tsui . It 's light , it 's well ventilated and it has sweeping views of Kowloon 's Lion Rock Hill . Contrasts with luxury apartments that can often fetch up to HK $ 1 million . Slums stem from housing crises of 1950s , 60s when waves of Chinese refugees arrived .
Hong Kong 's network of sky slums are barnacled onto roofs of tenements built in 1950s , ' 60s . Mostly found in old urban areas in Chinatown -- Tin Shui Po , Kwun Tung and Tai Po Tsui . Contrasts with luxury apartments that can often fetch up to HK $ 1 million . Slums stem from housing crises of 1950s , 60s when waves of Chinese refugees arrived .