Photographer Sim Chi Yin

She is one of the success stories, i think for some people there is true upward mobility but for many people the hukou system, whereby migrants can't actually buy homes and settle down, is still a huge barrier to them building lives and families here.

Photographer Sim Chi Yin

They are actually pretty funky people, most of them are kind of young and all of them have aspirations to move up the social mobility ladder.

Photographer Sim Chi Yin