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Dizzyingly?tall tower blocks create a?mosaic?effect as far as the eye can see in these?mesmerising?photos of Hong Kong's living quarters.
這些圖片上的香港住宅樓高聳入云,目之所及就像馬賽克一樣令人眼花繚亂。

The apartments may look surreal, but they are home to tens of thousands of people in a city that struggles for space to accommodate its seven million citizens.
這些住宅可能看上去夢幻離奇,但是對于700萬為了住房空間而掙扎的居民而言,它們已是香港成千上萬人的家了。

Travel photographer Jason Langley captured the fascinating images of the apartment blocks ?while travelling in China.
旅游攝影師杰森·蘭利在中國旅行時拍攝了這些迷人的公寓照。

Jason said: 'These apartment blocks in Hong Kong have come to define the modern urban landscape of the city.
杰森說:“這些香港公寓樓開始成為這座城市現(xiàn)代城市景觀的特征?!?/div>

'The flats cover a broad range of architectural styles and layouts all designed with a common aim - to provide housing for as many people as possible in a relatively small, densely populated urban space.
“這些公寓建筑風格和布局多樣,但是它們共同的設計初衷就只有一個——在一個相對較小人口密集的城區(qū)為盡可能多的人提供住房?!?/div>

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The housing blocks are almost hypnotic thanks to their eye-catching and seemingly random colour scheme.
這些大樓引人注目的設計和看似隨意的顏色搭配讓人暈頭轉(zhuǎn)向。

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Towering skyscrapers: Around one third of Hong Kong's staggering 7.188 million population live in housing blocks such as these.
高聳的摩天大樓:在香港居住的718.8萬的人口中,約有三分之一住在這種住宅大廈里。

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Home to thousands: The Shek Kip Mei Estate has 7,363 yellow, red, blue and grey apartments and is home to a staggering 14,000 people.
成千上萬人的家:石硤尾邨坐落著7363間黃、紅、藍、灰的公寓套間,生活著將近1萬4000人。

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Close-quarters: Washing can be seen hanging from the seemingly countless balconies of this towering Hong Kong apartment block.
密集的住房:你可以看到高聳的香港公寓樓里,多得幾乎數(shù)不清的陽臺上掛著的晾曬衣物。

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City dwellers: Hong Kong is home to a population of more than seven million people, squeezed into an area measuring just 424 square miles.
城市居民:香港是700多萬居民的家,這些人都擠在只有424平方公里的彈丸之地。