In 2010, Mukthar walked through the doors of Chungking Mansions hoping to turn his life around. He had just arrived in Hong Kong from Somalia, a refugee and entrepreneur, with $6,000 in his pocket and most of his life ahead of him. Few places would give a visa to a Somali, but Hong Kong was more open to African and Asian immigrants. And for those like Mukthar, who made it this far and whose cash would not last long, there was only one place to go, the complex of weathered high-rise buildings, located in the heart of one of the most glamorous areas of the city.
2010年，穆克塔爾(Mukthar)走進重慶大廈(Chungking Mansions)的大門，希望能改變自己的生活。他剛從索馬里來到香港，是一名難民和企業家，口袋里有6000美元，還有大部分的人生在等待著他。很少有地方會給索馬里人簽證，但香港對非洲和亞洲移民更加開放。對于像穆克塔爾這樣走到這一步、現金不會持續太久的人來說，只有一個地方可去，那就是位于這座城市最繁華地區中心的老舊高層建筑群。