About a dozen local students had expressed interest in a capsule college dormitory near campus, offering pods for HK$3,500 a month. "Students are affected by a severe lack of space in university housing, so we thought, why not do dorm rooms as well?" Wong said. Campus dormitories are nearly unavailable due to long waiting lists for the inexpensively-priced rooms and tough entrance requirements. While there are no firm dates for launching a capsule dorm, Wong said one could open once there is interest from at least 15 students of the same gender. Read more at:
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