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Kwun Tong District, Hong Kong — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Kwun Tong District is the easternmost and southernmost of Kowloon's districts, a dense working quarter of Hong Kong facing Victoria Harbour.
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Where to stay in Kwun Tong District
The practical side of choosing where to sleep.
Beds here sit among harbourfront office towers, not around an old centre. Around the Kowloon Bay Sports Centre the blocks run to converted factories, shopping podiums and business hotels, which suits you if the reason for the trip is work in eastern Kowloon rather than sightseeing. Ngau Tau Kok Road leads into markets and public housing estates, cheaper and plainer.
Lei Yue Mun meets the water. Its lanes look across the harbour channel to Hong Kong Island, and the seafood restaurants there stay busy long after the office towers have emptied.
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Kowloon Bay
Converted factory blocks and shopping podiums around the Kowloon Bay Sports Centre.Find hotels in Kowloon Bayplain rooms beside the estate marketsNgau Tau Kok
Market streets and public housing estates strung along Ngau Tau Kok Road. Few places to stay nearby — book ahead.Find hotels in Ngau Tau Kokharbour-channel views and late seafood dinnersLei Yue Mun
Waterside lanes and seafood houses by the Lei Yue Mun Sports Centre, facing the harbour channel. Rooms are few around here — worth securing early.Find hotels in Lei Yue Munquiet nights back from the office towersHiu Kwong Street
Inland estate streets climbing away from the harbour past the Hiu Kwong Street Sports Centre. Beds are limited here, so book early.Find hotels in Hiu Kwong StreetHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
About Kwun Tong District
What are the main landmarks in Kwun Tong District?
Kwun Tong District's listed landmarks are its public sports centres rather than temples or towers. Six of them serve the estates: the Kowloon Bay Sports Centre, the Ngau Tau Kok Road Sports Centre, the Hiu Kwong Street Sports Centre, the Lei Yue Mun Sports Centre, the Ngau Chi Wan Sports Centre and the Tsui Lam Sports Centre. Indoor courts stand in for gardens here.
In a district of barely eleven square kilometres, halls of this kind carry the sport that open ground cannot, while the shoreline along Victoria Harbour supplies what outdoor space there is.
What is the history of Kwun Tong District?
Kwun Tong District's story is administrative as much as anything else. Hong Kong is divided into 18 districts, and this is the Kowloon one reaching furthest east and furthest south, bounded by Sai Kung District to the east, Wong Tai Sin District to the north and Kowloon City District to the west. Numbers followed the lines.
Only Sha Tin District holds more people among Hong Kong's districts, and the estates that made such density possible are packed onto barely eleven square kilometres of Kowloon ground beside Victoria Harbour.
Where is Kwun Tong District?
The district occupies the eastern and southern edge of Kowloon, running down to Victoria Harbour. Water separates it from the Eastern District on Hong Kong Island opposite. Inland the boundary meets Wong Tai Sin District to the north and Kowloon City District to the west, while Sai Kung District takes over east of it.
Eleven square kilometres hold the lot.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Kwun Tong District?
Kowloon Bay: work trips into eastern Kowloon. Ngau Tau Kok: plain rooms beside the estate markets. Lei Yue Mun: harbour-channel views and late seafood dinners. Hiu Kwong Street: quiet nights back from the office towers.
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Updated September 2026