Cha Kwo Ling

View of Cha Kwo Ling and Lam Tin in September 2009. The settlement along the coast is Cha Kwo Ling Village. The Eastern Harbour Tunnel entrance is visible on the right. Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground is located at the top of the hill.
Cha Kwo Ling
Traditional Chinese茶果嶺
Simplified Chinese茶果岭
Cantonese Yalechàh gwó léhng
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChá Guǒ Lǐng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationchàh gwó léhng
Jyutpingcaa4 gwo2 leng5
Cha Kwo Ling Village in 1962
Tin Hau Temple in Cha Kwo Ling in December 2006

Cha Kwo Ling (Chinese: 茶果嶺) is a hill in the eastern New Kowloon area of Hong Kong, and the area around it. It is adjacent to Victoria Harbour and located to the west of Yau Tong and southwest of Lam Tin. Administratively, it belongs to the Kwun Tong District. The northeastern entrance to the Eastern Harbour Crossing is located in this area.

The Cha Kwo Ling Village (茶果嶺村), described as one of the last squatter villages in Hong Kong,[1] has a population of approximately 2,400. It is located approximately 1.4 km (0.87 mi) northwest of Lei Yue Mun, adjacent to the Laguna City development.[2] It lies at the foot of the hill and stretches along Cha Kwo Ling Road, which was built on reclaimed land and separates the village from the coast.[3] In the 2019 and 2020 policy addresses, the chief executive stated that the government intends to take back possession of the Cha Kwo Ling Village and to redevelop the land into high-density public housing.[4][5]

Cha Kwo Ling derives its name from the abundance of macaranga tanarius in the area, the leaves of which are used in the process of making cha kwo, a traditional Hakka snack.[6]

  1. ^ Ng, June (13 May 2010). "Still Standing". HK Magazine. Archived from the original on 2011-01-29. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Fun in Kwun Tong - Heritage & Attractions". Archived from the original on 2009-03-13. Retrieved 2009-09-10.
  3. ^ Antiquities and Monuments Offices - Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings, item No.1242 Archived October 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Policy Address". The Chief Executive's 2020 Policy Address. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  5. ^ "LCQ2: Development plans for three squatter areas". Development Bureau. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  6. ^ https://www.kwuntong.org.hk/publications/KTbook.pdf [bare URL PDF]