Chai Wan Mosque

Chai Wan Mosque, also called Cape Collinson Mosque, was built in 1963 beside the Muslim cemetery at Cape Collinson. Its creation followed the resumption of an earlier cemetery and small mosque in Ho Man Tin, after which the government provided land for a new cemetery in Chai Wan and constructed a small mosque on the site. The mosque opened on 4 August 1963 and was first used mainly for funeral prayers. At that time the area was isolated, with few Muslim residents nearby apart from a caretaker.

The mosque’s role changed as more Muslim families settled in Chai Wan and began using it for daily prayers. It now serves both as a place of worship and as a local religious learning space, with Qur’an lessons for children after school. Its setting is one of its most distinctive qualities: the mosque is surrounded by hills and greenery, giving it a quieter character than the urban mosques of Central, Wan Chai, and Kowloon. Renovation work in 2005 improved the building, including the main prayer hall, and the site was designated a Grade 3 historic building in 2010. Chai Wan Mosque remains closely tied to cemetery, funeral, neighbourhood, and family religious life on eastern Hong Kong Island.