Undergoing major economic changes in the 1980s, Hong Kong’s per-capita GDP ranks higher than that of Italy and not far behind the likes of Britain and France. When much of the manufacturing activities that put Hong Kong on the map moved across the border in the 1980s, service sectors like banking, trading, and real estate moved in and now employ nearly 90% of the workforce. However, as enticing as that may sound, Hong Kong is a very tough city for the unskilled or semiskilled, many being unable to reintegrate into the changing city. In the neighbourhood of Mong Kok, 22 men live in 450 square foot apartment, each having his or her own cubicle just a little larger than a single bed, stacked above one another in a dark and dank passageway. Is it known that at least 170,000 people live in these cubicles all over Hong Kong. As the soaring prices for housing pushed more and more low-income people out of the market for regular housing, rent on these spaces skyrocketed by nearly 20% while the cost on a per-square-foot basis is nearly one-third more expensive than a regular apartment.