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This picture taken on January 12, 2019 shows indigenous activist Stanley Ho posing for a photo in his village of Ko Tong in the New Territories of Hong Kong. - The rural northern part of Hong Kong, known as the "New Territories", were leased by Britain from China in 1898 and under a colonial-era policy that remains in place, any male who can trace their lineage back to that period has the right to build a three-storey house on his land without paying a land fee. (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP) / TO GO WITH Hong Kong-discrimination-justice-housing,FEATURE by Catherine LAI (Photo credit should read ISAAC LAWRENCE/AFP/Getty Images)

This picture taken on January 12, 2019 shows indigenous activist Stanley Ho posing for a photo in his village of Ko Tong in the New Territories of Hong Kong. - The rural northern part of Hong Kong, known as the "New Territories", were leased by Britain from China in 1898 and under a colonial-era policy that remains in place, any male who can trace their lineage back to that period has the right to build a three-storey house on his land without paying a land fee. (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP) / TO GO WITH Hong Kong-discrimination-justice-housing,FEATURE by Catherine LAI        (Photo credit should read ISAAC LAWRENCE/AFP/Getty Images)