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Choi Hung, HK’s first ‘self-contained housing estate’, said to have influenced S’pore housing design
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HONG KONG – It’s known as Hong Kong’s most Instagrammable housing estate. And it’s due to be demolished and redeveloped from 2028.
Choi Hung Estate – or “rainbow estate” in Cantonese – is a tourist hot spot known for its photogenic multicoloured blocks of flats set against a sprawling basketball court on a low rooftop.

