Nestled within thick, verdant foliage in Cha Kwo Ling is one of Hong Kong’s last squatter settlements, where a handful of remaining residents are staying until a government deadline to move out for redevelopment of the area for public housing. “I’m going to miss my medicinal herbs so much,” said Lam, in her sixties, who declined to give her full name. The plants, such as Chinese fevervine, are a source of income for her as she dries them for medicinal use. Lam said that redevelopment work deprived her of space to regularly sun-dry them to keep the plants from moulding, causing her to forgo more than HK$400,000 (US$50,980) in potential earnings. I had planned to stay here for life,” Lam said, pointing out that she and former neighbours who had already left the village would regularly get together for dim sum.