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Choi Hung Estate
A 1962 public housing estate painted in rainbow bands, with a rooftop basketball court over the car park that frames the colours against the towers.
2 km · about 5 min drive
AsiaHong KongWong Tai Sin District
Chuk Yuen
Wong Tai Sin District, Hong Kong · Asia
About Chuk Yuen
Chuk Yuen works well as a base: 2km from Choi Hung Estate.
Chuk Yuen is in Wong Tai Sin District, Hong Kong, with about 29,000 people.
Chuk Yuen Estate (Chinese: 竹園邨) is a public housing estate in Kowloon, Hong Kong, located north of Wong Tai Sin and underneath Lion Rock. Its site was formerly the Chuk Yuen Resettlement Area.
It is divided into Chuk Yuen (North) Estate (竹園(北)邨) and Chuk Yuen (South) Estate (竹園(南)邨). The two estates have eight blocksRead more
each, and were all built in the 1980s. In 1999, some of the flats were sold to tenants through the Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 2.
At the centre of these buildings is a shopping mall, hosting a McDonald's, 7-Eleven, Circle K, three bakeries, a street market, Watsons, a dim sum restaurant, two supermarkets and a sports centre. Beside the mall are two parks: one with a fish pond and a waterfall and the other with basketball courts and football fields.
Pang Ching Court (鵬程苑) and Ying Fuk Court (盈福苑) fall under the Home Ownership Scheme courts near Chuk Yuen Estate, completed in 1991 and 2001 respectively. They each have one block.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Chuk Yuen?
Within an hour or so of Chuk Yuen: Choi Hung Estate (2 km), Ping Shek Estate (2 km), Mido Cafe (5 km), Australia Dairy Company (5 km).
Are there any good drives near Chuk Yuen?
The nearest famous roads are Guia Circuit.
Where is Chuk Yuen?
Chuk Yuen is in Wong Tai Sin District, Hong Kong.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 28,645
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Region
- Wong Tai Sin District
- Timezone
- Asia/Hong_Kong
- Coordinates
- 22.3454, 114.1933
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Worth the detour from Chuk Yuen
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
photogenic
Ping Shek Estate
A 1970s Kowloon estate whose grey concrete stairwells and repeating balcony grids draw photographers for their brutalist symmetry, far quieter than Choi Hung.
2 km · about 5 min drive
cafe
Mido Cafe
A 1950s cha chaan teng on Temple Street with mosaic tiles, steel window frames and a corner upstairs table overlooking Yau Ma Tei, the archetypal Hong Kong diner.
5 km · about 10 min drive
restaurant
Australia Dairy Company
A Jordan institution serving steamed milk pudding and scrambled egg sandwiches at ferocious speed, where waiters clear your table while you are still chewing.
5 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery
A hillside temple above Sha Tin reached by a stairway lined with hundreds of life-size gilded arhat statues, each with a different face and pose.
5 km · about 10 min drive
photogenic
Monster Building
Five interlocking 1960s housing blocks in Quarry Bay whose courtyard walls of stacked flats close overhead, Hong Kong's most photographed piece of density.
7 km · about 15 min drive
restaurant
Lin Heung Tea House
A survivor of old-Canton yum cha culture where dim sum still comes round on pushed trolleys and regulars compete for it, in a room of ceiling fans and communal tables.
8 km · about 15 min drive
landmark
Victoria Peak
Hong Kong's highest point on the island, offering spectacular panoramic views of the city skyline and harbour.
9 km · about 15 min drive
Driving roads near Chuk Yuen
- 68 kmGuia CircuitA 6.2km street circuit through Macau lined by armco and walls, with the impossibly tight Melco hairpin and the fast Mandarin bend. Everyday public roads outside the November Grand Prix weekend.
When to drive here
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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