Streams from those hills in the east offered water for cultivation, the latter reflected in the area's name last Chinese character, i.e. tin, 田, which means field.

The present-day Ho Man Tin is close to Argyle Street and Kowloon Hospital.

Oi Man Estate was on the itinerary of Queen Elizabeth II when she visited Hong Kong in 1975.

Despite the name, Ho Man Tin station of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) is not located in Ho Man Tin proper but in the lesser known area Lo Lung Hang instead.

The central part of Ho Man Tin between Argyle Street and Waterloo Road is in fact more than 1 km (0.62 mi) away on foot.