Chuk Yuen (Wong Tai Sin District)

Chuk Yuen
Traditional Chinese竹園
Simplified Chinese竹园
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhúyuán
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingzuk1 jyun4*2
Chuk Yuen Village sign in 2021.

Chuk Yuen (Chinese: 竹園; lit. 'bamboo garden') or Chuk Un was a village and an area in New Kowloon of Hong Kong. The area located in the approximate area of present-day Wong Tai Sin. The name now also refers to two public housing estates, Chuk Yuen North and Chuk Yuen South Estates.

Chuk Yuen United Village in 2014.

Due to redevelopments starting from 1957, the only surviving part of historic Chuk Yuen is at Chuk Yuen United Village, at the junction of Shatin Pass Road and Lung Cheung Road.[1]

  1. ^ Ng, Fat Chuen. "A hand-written map of Chuk Yuen Village". Hong Kong Memory Project.