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High rentals fuel demand for illegal ‘cubicle’ units in apartments
High rentals fuelling demand for such illegal partitioned units
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Calvin Yang
Four square metres - or just enough space to squeeze in a modest clothes rack, a creaky bunk bed with worn-out mattresses, and two unfussy occupants.
There is little room to stand and the air is heavy with the smell of damp clothes. A narrow window in the otherwise depressing cubicle home offers a glimpse of a noisy Chinatown, 20 floors down.
