an estimated 10,000 of Hong Kong poor depend on collecting scrap paper . The slowdown in the east coast is hurting paper collectors like Kong Kit Tam . Kong Kit Tam makes 200 collecting scrap paper from trash . He adds several of the city 's 400 firms have already closed down . The scrap business is a bellwether industry for rising or falling business cycles .
an estimated 10,000 of Hong Kong poor depend on collecting scrap paper . The slowdown in the east coast is hurting paper collectors like Kong Kit Tam . Kong Kit Tam makes 200 collecting scrap paper from trash . The scrap business is a bellwether industry for rising or falling business cycles .