Hong Kong
Chungking Mansions

How Hong Kong's iconic Chungking Mansions became what it is today

Lam Wai-long, the 75-year-old chairwoman of the Incorporated Owners of Chungking Mansions, reveals to SCMP how she helped make the infamous mansions a safe destination. 

April 1, 2015
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