Residents of Yick Yuen Tsuen village in Hong Kong are protesting rushed evictions as their homes are slated for demolition to make way for the Northern Metropolis megaproject. Villagers express concerns about becoming homeless and forced separation.

When Law Yin-ping moved into a village house in Yick Yuen Tsuen, Hung Shui Kiu, in northwest Hong Kong more than a decade ago with her granddaughters, it never crossed her mind that they could one day be homeless – and forcibly separated. The Tuen Mun village falls within the government’s planned Hung Shui Kiu/Ha Tsuen New Development Area, which is set to become a high-end professional services and logistics hub under the Northern Metropolis megaproject. Law, who is nearly 70, said on Sunday...