Cha Kwo Ling Village has a history of more than 100 years and is one of the only remaining squatter areas in Hong Kong. It is backed by the Ex-Cha Kwo Ling Kaolin Mine Site and has witnessed the early development of the quarrying industry in Hong Kong. Since the founding of Hong Kong, infrastructure and city-building projects of all scales have required a large amount of stone, gradually helping the quarrying and stone-cutting industries flourish, attracting masons from Hakka regions to reside. By 1947, Shell set up an oil depot in Cha Kwo Ling where large numbers of workers had settled. Cha Kwo Ling Village steadily grew until the relocation of the oil depot and the closure of the quarry in the 1990s led to the old village’s decline. The sitting-out area is located at the entrance of the recycling station, which was formerly known as Hong Kong Clays and Kaolin Company, established in 1933. Different from other sitting-out areas, this area is an open space without vegetation, only with slops connecting to the road. It has long been a clothes-drying area for nearby residents. At the entrance, nearby workers have also spontaneously placed and grew plants and potted plants of the sitting-out area to embellish the open space, hoping to realise the transformation from open space to garden and to a common home.