According to a recent survey by Community College of City University, citizens in Hong Kong have sex less than twice a week, due to career driven mentalities, financial crisis and lack of space.
“People say Hong Kongers have the least amount of sexual knowledge in the world. One of the reasons is they have no place to have sex,” said Professor Emil Ng, Associate Director at the Family Institute of the University of Hong Kong.
Even Durex disclosed that Hong Kongers ranked as the third lowest country in the world in relation to sexual confidence in the year 2008.
In another survey, 28% of Hong Kong citizens have had the thought of having sex in public places such as public pools, beaches, parks, toilets, offices, schools, rooftops, back alleys, churches, temples, hospitals, prisons and even in their own cars. Participants of the survey said there was not enough space for sex in the city.
The concrete jungle of Hong Kong has more than seven million people packed inside the city’s high-rise apartment blocks. It’s also one of the most densely populated cities in the world with 6,620 people per square kilometre.
Due to huge population and limited space, flats in Hong Kong are ranked the most expensive on a per square foot basis. The average price of a standard-sized 600 square-foot apartment is about HK$4.5 million (U.S.$ 580, 135) and it increased 85% in just two and a half years.
Most Hong Kongers can’t afford to move out from their parent’s home until their 30s because of the property prices. The Vice-President of the Sex Education Association, Ng Man-Iun said, “Sex needs space.”
“They don’t have enough space at home to do it and they don’t have enough money to go to hotels,” Ng Man-Iun added. He also stated that people who have sex in public should not be punished but instead, helped.
Society for Community Organization (SoCO), a human rights organization, recently released a series of photographs depicting sad conditions of living spaces in Hong Kong. The wide-angle pictures show inhabitants in cramp rooms doing everything in the small space, from watching TV, eating to sleeping.
Written by Emi Goto & Elfie Jane.
