Diamond Hill

There were squatter dwellings (shanties) up and down the hill that were demolished after years of effort by the Hong Kong Government.

[1] Parts of the squatter settlement were demolished over the years, including for expansion of the Kai Tak Airport during the Japanese occupation, construction of the Mass Transit Railway, Lung Cheung Road, and the Tate's Cairn Tunnel.

Due to the dramatic shortage of public housing available for resettlement, the final sections were only demolished in 2001.

There are a number of theories as to why the misnomer came about, but the most accepted version states that the English name for this area was a simple mistranslation, for in Cantonese, the word "鑽石" can mean either "diamonds" or "to drill for rocks".

[2] The Buddhist Chi Lin Nunnery and Nan Lian Garden were built according to the style of the Tang dynasty and are tourist attractions.