Hong Kong's human battery hens: Claustrophobic images show how slum families squeeze their lives into the tiniest apartments
They are barely bigger than a toilet cubicle.
Yet these depressingly cramped spaces serve as a kitchen, living room, dining room, bedroom, pantry and everything in between for their cooped-up inhabitants.
Those unfortunate enough to live in these urban slums range from the elderly and unemployed to low-income families and singletons.
Their location? Hong Kong. One of the richest cities in the world.
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Like battery hens: A family of four tries to get on with everyday life despite living in a room where there is barely space to move in the urban slums of Hong Kong
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No room to swing a cat: An elderly gentleman writes a letter completely surrounded by his life's possessions. It's not clear from the angle of this image where he sleeps or how he gets in and out
These bird's-eye images have been taken by the Hong Kong-based Society for Community Organisation (SoCO) in a bid to document the plight of the city's most underprivileged people.
With a land mass of 1,104sq km (426 sq mi) and a population of seven million, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world.
As rent is so high - around HKD$90 (£8) per square foot a month - and the waiting list for public housing so long, many are forced to live in inconceivably small spaces to survive.
In one picture, a family-four have to share a double bed which barely leaves them room to move. The walls are covered from floor to ceiling in shelves piled high with food, clothes, toiletries and all manner of daily essentials.
On the top bunk, two youngsters, one of them asleep from exhaustion, lie next to a rucksack, school paraphernalia and a desk fan. Two others below do their best to carry on with their daily routine even though they can just about turn around.
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Pile it high: A woman sits in the only available space in her room. Campaign groups say many Hong Kong residents are being neglected by the city's decision-makers
The city went through a period of unprecedented economic boom during the 1970s, but at the same time the then colonial government became riddled with rampant corruption.
Mr Ho said there was great poverty and the underprivileged, including boat people, resettlement estate residents and squatters, were overwhelmingly high in numbers.
SoCO was formed in the 1971 by a group of clergymen and other activists who foresaw the growing social injustices and campaigned to reign them in.
But more than 40 years later and after the reunification with China, Mr Ho says the poorest are still being neglected by those in power.
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No standard of living: A man tucks into a takeaway as the walls of his room flake off around him. He has no proper bed to speak of
He added: 'Faced with rapid changes in society, SoCO has continuously worked together with grassroots people to fight for a reasonable livelihood by upholding the principles of "equality for everybody", "promotion of civil rights" and "implementing justice".
'Originally an underprivileged group of people has, in unison, become a stronger force to propel the reform of an unjust social system.
'We will continue to soldier on with the underprivileged and hope more people will join forces with us to safeguard human rights and the rule of law, thus enabling the development of a caring and just society.'
From its earliest days as a British colony - after the First Opium War of 1839-42 - Hong Kong has served as a major centre of international trade.
During the 20th Century, the population was bolstered by large numbers of refugees, mostly from China, who helped launch a new role for the region as a manufacturing hub in which 'Made in Hong Kong' goods were exported throughout the world.
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They are barely bigger than a toilet cubicle.
Yet these depressingly cramped spaces serve as a kitchen, living room, dining room, bedroom, pantry and everything in between for their cooped-up inhabitants.
Those unfortunate enough to live in these urban slums range from the elderly and unemployed to low-income families and singletons.
Their location? Hong Kong. One of the richest cities in the world.
These bird's-eye images have been taken by the Hong Kong-based Society for Community Organisation (SoCO) in a bid to document the plight of the city's most underprivileged people.
With a land mass of 1,104sq km (426 sq mi) and a population of seven million, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world.
As rent is so high - around HKD$90 (£8) per square foot a month - and the waiting list for public housing so long, many are forced to live in inconceivably small spaces to survive.
In one picture, a family-four have to share a double bed which barely leaves them room to move. The walls are covered from floor to ceiling in shelves piled high with food, clothes, toiletries and all manner of daily essentials.
On the top bunk, two youngsters, one of them asleep from exhaustion, lie next to a rucksack, school paraphernalia and a desk fan. Two others below do their best to carry on with their daily routine even though they can just about turn around.
The city went through a period of unprecedented economic boom during the 1970s, but at the same time the then colonial government became riddled with rampant corruption.
Mr Ho said there was great poverty and the underprivileged, including boat people, resettlement estate residents and squatters, were overwhelmingly high in numbers.
SoCO was formed in the 1971 by a group of clergymen and other activists who foresaw the growing social injustices and campaigned to reign them in.
But more than 40 years later and after the reunification with China, Mr Ho says the poorest are still being neglected by those in power.
He added: 'Faced with rapid changes in society, SoCO has continuously worked together with grassroots people to fight for a reasonable livelihood by upholding the principles of "equality for everybody", "promotion of civil rights" and "implementing justice".
'Originally an underprivileged group of people has, in unison, become a stronger force to propel the reform of an unjust social system.
'We will continue to soldier on with the underprivileged and hope more people will join forces with us to safeguard human rights and the rule of law, thus enabling the development of a caring and just society.'
From its earliest days as a British colony - after the First Opium War of 1839-42 - Hong Kong has served as a major centre of international trade.
During the 20th Century, the population was bolstered by large numbers of refugees, mostly from China, who helped launch a new role for the region as a manufacturing hub in which 'Made in Hong Kong' goods were exported throughout the world.
