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Tin Shui Wai: City of Sadness

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Dec 14, 2007
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Tin Shui Wai has been dubbed the 'city of sadness' for its high rate of unemployment, suicides, and spousal and child abuse. Over the last eight years, about 20 people have died in 6 suicides, including a mother and her two children in November.

Due to poor city planning, Tin Shui Wai was originally planned as bedroom community for Hong Kong workers but …

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