Home Periscope Dec 2012 -Our place Our Home December 2012 – Our Place, Our Home PeriscopeDec 2012 -Our place Our HomeIssue 126 December 2012 – Our Place, Our Home December 18, 2012 Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter tweet This issue of Varsity looks at the relationship some Hong Kongers have with the places they call home: Many young Sheung Shui residents say they feel alienated from the place where they grew up since it became a parallel traders’ hub, but the new town they know is already a world away from the rural backwater Sheung Shui was just a few decades ago Being down and out does not mean mean you have no dignity. Street-sleepers in Sham Shui Po tell Varsity about their life on the streets and the unwritten in their community The residents of Choi Yuen Village fought an ultimately unsuccessful campaign to save their homes but they never lost their ties to the land. Now they are still striving to build a new village despite red-tape and delays RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Long Wait for the Truth The Missing Puzzle in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Homeless Football Team
