Wong Tai Sin District

Lung Cheung Road and Upper and Lower Wong Tai Sin Estates

Chinese name

黃大仙區

Geographical information

Legislative Council District

Southeast Wong Tai Sin District: East Kowloon
Majority of Wong Tai Sin District: Central Kowloon

Major sub-areas

Wong Tai Sin, Chuk Yuen, Tsz Wan Shan, San Po Kong, Diamond Hill, Lok Fu, etc.

Transport information

Major transport terminus(i)

Diamond Hill Station, Wong Tai Sin, Lok Fu, Choi Hung, etc.

Major road(s)

Lung Cheung Road, Prince Edward Road East, Choi Hung Road, Po Kong Village Road, Chuk Yuen Road, etc.

Tunnel(s)

Tate's Cairn Tunnel

MTR station(s)

Lok Fu Station, Wong Tai Sin Station, Diamond Hill Station, Choi Hung Station

Wong Tai Sin District (黃大仙區) is one of the 18 districts in Hong Kong, falls within the Kowloon East^[1] and Kowloon Central^[2] boundaries for the Legislative Council geographical constituency election.

Located in the north-eastern part of Kowloon East, Wong Tai Sin District covers an area of about 926 hectares and is named after the famous Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong. Bounded by the Lion Rock and Tate's Cairn in the north, Fei Ngo Shan in the east, New Clear Water Bay Road and Prince Edward Road East in the south, and Junction Road and the Lion Rock Tunnel in the west, Wong Tai Sin District is the only district in Hong Kong that does not have a coastline.

History[]

Wong Tai Sin is situated to the north of Boundary Street, which used to be a part of the New Territories. In 1937, it was incorporated into the New Kowloon area and was called Chuk Yuen, which was sparsely populated before the Second World War, and its residents were mainly farmers. During the civil war, there was an influx of immigrants into Hong Kong. Geographically, Wong Tai Sin was close to the urban area and became a place for immigrants to live, with wooden huts and other simple houses. To solve the squatter problem, the government started building public housing in the 1950s, with the first resettlement area in the district located at Lo Fu Ngam (now Lok Fu Estate after redevelopment), replacing the hillside squatter area.

Choi Hung Estate, which was occupied in 1962, was the first permanent public housing estate in the area, and Choi Wan Estate and other estates were also occupied in the 1970s. Subsequently, the Government embarked on the Resettlement Area Redevelopment Programme, and new housing estates such as Upper and Lower Wong Tai Sin Estates, Lok Fu Estate and Tsz Wan Shan were occupied from the 1980s onwards, while a number of public housing estates, including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) and Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS) estates, were completed one after the other.

San Po Kong, located in the south-eastern part of Wong Tai Sin District, is one of the industrial areas in Kowloon and was formed in the 1960s. In recent years, in line with the Government's "Energising Kowloon East" initiative, San Po Kong has been transformed into a high-value-added industrial area for the development of logistics and commerce, alongside the Kowloon Bay and Kwun Tong business districts.

Today, Wong Tai Sin District is predominantly a public housing estate with 86.2% of the population living in the district. Famous tourist attractions such as Wong Tai Sin Temple (next to MTR Wong Tai Sin Station), Chi Lin Nunnery and Nan Lian Garden (next to MTR Diamond Hill Station) attract many tourists to Wong Tai Sin District.

Street/road structures[]

Wong Tai Sin is a predominantly public housing area with few major streets, bounded on the west by Junction Road (although Lok Fu Estate is west of Junction Road, this part of the district belongs to Wong Tai Sin) and Chuk Yuen Road, and to the east of the exit of the Lion Rock Tunnel, and to the south by Clear Water Bay Road, New Clear Water Bay Road, Prince Edward Road East and Tung Tau Tsuen Road, etc.

Lung Cheung Road, which forms part of Route 7, runs through Wong Tai Sin District. Most bus routes from the New Territories to Kowloon East pass through this section of Lung Cheung Road in Wong Tai Sin District. Five major roads - Chuk Yuen Road, Tung Tau Tsuen Road, Fung Mo Street Flyover, Po Kong Village Road and Hammer Hill Road - connect the housing estates in the area. Fung Mo Street Flyover straddles Lung Cheung Road and connects Lok Fu to Chuk Yuen in the Ma Chai Hang area, while Choi Hung Road is one of the major streets in the area, connecting San Po Kong to Choi Hung Estate.

The Tate's Cairn Tunnel, which forms part of Route 2, has its Kowloon portal at Diamond Hill and connects to the Kwun Tong Bypass. A number of bus routes run directly from New Territories East to Hong Kong Island via the Tate's Cairn Tunnel and the Eastern Harbour Crossing.

Bus and minibus termini[]

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Wong Tai Sin[]

Wong Tai Sin Bus Terminus: Formerly known as Chuk Yuen Terminus, the existing terminus is located at Tung Tau Estate Road off Wong Tai Sin Centre.
Tung Tau Estate Bus Terminus: Located outside On Tung House, Tung Tau (ii) Estate.
Wong Tai Sin Station (Shatin Pass Road) Minibus Terminus: Llocated at Exit E of Wong Tai Sin Station near Hsin Kuang Centre, which is the terminus of a number of green minibuses.
Wong Tai Sin Station (Ching Tak Street) Minibus Terminus: located next to Lung Hing House in Lower Wong Tai Sin Estate, it is the terminus for three minibus routes.
Tin Ma Court Minibus Terminus: Located at Lung Cheung Road, north of Wang Tau Hom Estate, where Kowloon GMB route 53M terminates.
Wong Tai Sin (Ying Fung Lane) Terminus: Located opposite to Wong Tai Sin Fire Services Quarters at Ying Fung Lane, it is the terminus of Resident Bus Route NR806.

Chuk Yuen[]

Chuk Yuen Estate Bus Terminus: Located between Chuk Yuen South Estate and Chuk Yuen North Estate.
Tsui Chuk Garden Bus Terminus: Located outside Block 10 of Tsui Chuk Garden, inside a private road.

Lok Fu and Wang Tau Hom[]

Lok Fu Bus Terminus: Located on the ground floor of Wang Yuk House and Wang Lok House Lok Fu Estate, it serves as a terminus or access point for many bus routes.
Lok Fu Plaza Public Transport Interchange: The terminus for two free shuttle buses and green minibus (GMB) route 39M.
Lok Fu (Wang Tak House) Minibus Terminus: The terminus for green minibuses next to Lok Fu Bus Terminus.
Lok Fu (Wang Shun House) Minibus Terminus: The terminus for GMB routes 13A and 53M.

Tsz Wan Shan[]

Tsz Wan Shan (South) Bus Terminus: Located between Po Kong Village Road and Yuk Wah Street in Tsz Wan Shan.
Tsz Wan Shan (North) Bus Terminus: Located on the ground floor of the multi-storey car park of Tsz Oi Court Phase 3, Tsz Wan Shan.
Tsz Wan Shan (Central) Bus Terminus: Located inside Tsz Wan Shan Centre, and the terminus for red minibuses is at Wai Wah Street opposite to it.
Tsz Wan Shan (Shatin Pass Estate) Minibus Terminus: Located off Shatin Pass Estate, near the Fa Tsang Monastery.

Diamond Hill and Hammer Hill[]

Diamond Hill Station Public Transport Interchange: Located at the basement of Plaza Hollywood, the property above Diamond Hill Station, which is currently the busiest transport terminus in the area.
Fu Shan Bus Terminus: Located at Po Kong Village Road near Fu Shan Estate.
Hammer Hill (King Tung Street) Minibus Terminus: used to be the terminus of KMB Route 203E, and is now the "Kingsford Terrace" terminus of Kowloon GMB Route 79M.
Hilltop Garden Minibus Terminus: Located at Fu Shan Estate, east of King Shan Court.
Grandview Garden Minibus Terminus: The GMB terminus is located on the ground floor of the estate.
Diamond Hill Crematorium: The entrance/exit is located to the north of Fu Shan Estate on Po Kong Village Road, and KMB Route 3S uses this stop as the terminus during the Ching Ming and Chung Yeung Festivals.

San Po Kong and Ngau Chi Wan[]

Choi Hung Bus Terminus: Located at the junction of Choi Hung Road and Prince Edward Road East, it used to be the largest bus terminus in the area, and buses still terminate at it.
San Po Kong Sze Mei Street Temporary Bus Terminus: Located outside Rhythm Garden on Choi Hung Road, it replaced the Choi Hung Bus Terminus during the Tate's Cairn Tunnel project, and is still used by a number of bus routes as a terminus for green minibuses.
Choi Wan Bus Terminus: Located on the ground floor of Choi Wan Shopping Centre.
Choi Wan (Fung Shing Street) Bus Terminus: Located at Fung Shing Street near Kwun Yat House of Choi Wan Estate.
Choi Wan (Jat's Incline) Minibus Terminus: Located at the east of Choi Wan Estate, Choi Fai Estate, near Tak Mong School.
San Po Kong (Hong Keung Street) Minibus Terminus: Located in the south-western part of San Po Kong, the terminus of a number of green minibuses.
San Po Kong (Yee Lun Street) Minibus Terminus: Located in the south-western part of San Po Kong, it is the terminus of Kowloon GMB Route 19.
The Latitude Public Transport Interchange: Located at the south-western part of San Po Kong, it is the terminus of Kowloon GMB Route 25B.
Ngau Chi Wan Village: i.e. the terminus of Ping Shek (Lung Cheung Road), the GMB terminus is located at Choi Hung Station Exit C1 near Ngau Chi Wan Village.
Fung Shing Street Disciplined Services Quarters: Located to the north of Choi Wan Estate.
Scenic View: Located to the north of Choi Wan Estate.

Disappeared termini[]

Wang Tau Hom Bus Terminus: The former bus terminus of the Wang Tau Hom resettlement area, the site of which is in the present-day Fu Keung Court car park.
Lo Fu Ngam Bus Terminus: The old Lok Fu Terminus was located at the junction of Junction Road and Heng Lam Street, and the site was converted into a park after the opening of the new terminus.
Lung Poon Court: KMB Route 3 and Cross-Harbour Bus Route 671 used Fung Tak Road off Lung Poon Court as the terminus of the Diamond Hill MTR Station, which is now an intermediate bus stop.

Bus routes[]

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To facilitate quoting and enquiries, the following redirect page(s) will direct to this page:

Wong Tai Sin, Fung Wong Sun Chuen and Lower Wong Tai Sin Estate

↑ A small portion of the southeastern part of Wong Tai Sin District (Ngau Chi Wan area), comprising the following DC constituencies: Choi Wan East, Choi Wan South, Choi Wan West, Chi Choi and Choi Hung
↑ Most of Wong Tai Sin District (Wong Tai Sin, Diamond Hill, San Po Kong, Wang Tau Hom, Lok Fu, Chuk Yuen Estate, Tsz Wan Shan area) including the following District Council Constituency Areas: Lung Kuk, Lung Ha, Lung Sheung, Fung Wong, Fung Tak, Lung Sing, San Po Kong, Tung Tau, Tung Mei, Lok Fu, Wang Tau Hom, Tin Keung, Tsui Chuk and Pang Ching, Chuk Yuen South, Chuk Yuen North, Tsz Wan West, Ching Oi, Tsz Wan East and King Fu areas

[1] A small portion of the southeastern part of Wong Tai Sin District (Ngau Chi Wan area), comprising the following DC constituencies: Choi Wan East, Choi Wan South, Choi Wan West, Chi Choi and Choi Hung

[2] Most of Wong Tai Sin District (Wong Tai Sin, Diamond Hill, San Po Kong, Wang Tau Hom, Lok Fu, Chuk Yuen Estate, Tsz Wan Shan area) including the following District Council Constituency Areas: Lung Kuk, Lung Ha, Lung Sheung, Fung Wong, Fung Tak, Lung Sing, San Po Kong, Tung Tau, Tung Mei, Lok Fu, Wang Tau Hom, Tin Keung, Tsui Chuk and Pang Ching, Chuk Yuen South, Chuk Yuen North, Tsz Wan West, Ching Oi, Tsz Wan East and King Fu areas

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