When work on one of Hong Kong’s most Instagram-friendly places, Choi Hung Estate, was announced, and the day it opened
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When work on one of Hong Kong’s most Instagram-friendly places, Choi Hung Estate, was announced, and the day it opened | South China Morning Post Advertisement Advertisement From our archives + FOLLOW Get more with my NEWS A personalised news feed of stories that matter to you Learn more One of Hong Kong’s most Instagram-friendly places, the rainbow-coloured Choi Hung Estate in Kowloon, was announced in 1957, its construction approved in 1960 and its official opening held in December 1963. Photo: Shutterstock Post Magazine Short Reads When work on one of Hong Kong’s most Instagram-friendly places, Choi Hung Estate, was announced, and the day it opened The South China Morning Post reported the building of public housing on Clearwater Bay Road in 1960. This became the now Instagram-famous Choi Hung Estate Warning against ‘underestimating the housing problems of the future’, the then Hong Kong governor called the estate ‘something of incalculable importance’ From our archives + FOLLOW Dave Besseling + FOLLOW Published: 11:15am, 9 Dec, 2023 Why you can trust SCMP “The Housing Authority will build a new estate on Clearwater Bay Road, with accommodation for 43,500 people in 7,630 flats,” reported the South China Morning Post on May 3, 1960.