Hong Kong protests: Tension in the family

By Philip Wen
Updated October 10 2014 - 4:28pm, first published 2:42pm
Construction worker Wong Man-chung smoking in front of his rooftop home. Photo: Urban Anderson
Construction worker Wong Man-chung smoking in front of his rooftop home. Photo: Urban Anderson
Ma Cuijin in her sub-divided flat. Photo: Philip Wen
Ma Cuijin in her sub-divided flat. Photo: Philip Wen
Hard to find work: Lam Ip-sang, in his sub-divided flat. Photo: Philip Wen
Hard to find work: Lam Ip-sang, in his sub-divided flat. Photo: Philip Wen
Construction worker Wong Man-chung smoking in front of his rooftop home. Photo: Urban Anderson
Construction worker Wong Man-chung smoking in front of his rooftop home. Photo: Urban Anderson
Generation gap: Dasher Mak and his father in their rooftop flat in Sham Shui Po. Photo: Philip Wen
Generation gap: Dasher Mak and his father in their rooftop flat in Sham Shui Po. Photo: Philip Wen
Ma Cuijin in her sub-divided flat. Photo: Philip Wen
Ma Cuijin in her sub-divided flat. Photo: Philip Wen
Construction worker Wong Man-chung smoking in front of his rooftop home. Photo: Urban Anderson
Construction worker Wong Man-chung smoking in front of his rooftop home. Photo: Urban Anderson
Hard to find work: Lam Ip-sang, in his sub-divided flat. Photo: Philip Wen
Hard to find work: Lam Ip-sang, in his sub-divided flat. Photo: Philip Wen
Ma Cuijin in her sub-divided flat. Photo: Philip Wen
Ma Cuijin in her sub-divided flat. Photo: Philip Wen
Hard to find work: Lam Ip-sang, in his sub-divided flat. Photo: Philip Wen
Hard to find work: Lam Ip-sang, in his sub-divided flat. Photo: Philip Wen
Construction worker Wong Man-chung smoking in front of his rooftop home. Photo: Urban Anderson
Construction worker Wong Man-chung smoking in front of his rooftop home. Photo: Urban Anderson
Ma Cuijin in her sub-divided flat. Photo: Philip Wen
Ma Cuijin in her sub-divided flat. Photo: Philip Wen
Hard to find work: Lam Ip-sang, in his sub-divided flat. Photo: Philip Wen
Hard to find work: Lam Ip-sang, in his sub-divided flat. Photo: Philip Wen

Hong Kong: In their cramped one-room flat perched on the rooftop of an ageing Kowloon apartment block, 18-year-old high school student Dasher Mak and his father are playing out a scene that has featured throughout most working-class Hong Kong households for the past fortnight.

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