Typhoon shelter

The culture is, by many definitions, a fully developed one, with its own language, wedding rituals and other things such as food, songs and superstitions.

This created the need for "floating schools", operated by religious organisations, to educate children living in typhoon shelters.

Finally, as it is impossible to establish proper plumbing and garbage collection services among these boats, sanitary conditions in typhoon shelters during the time there were many people living there were less than desirable.

[2] It is commonly prepared with crab meat, garlic, scallion, red chili and black beans.

[4] Hong Kong's status as a fishing city continues to decline; the descendants of the fishermen have moved onshore, and the so-called "Typhoon Shelter" culture is rapidly being lost.