Kowloon Union Church


This red-brick church with Protestant roots was constructed in 1930 with money from an English businessman of Armenian descent. It was built in a neo-Gothic style – quite unusual for Kowloon – and features a Chinese-tiled pitched roof (which makes it typhoon-proof), a crenellated tower, and windows with Gothic tracery. Sunday service starts at 10.30am.


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