Safest, easiest, short route to Kowloon Peak and Suicide Cliff (自殺崖) (optional)

Duration: 

9.5km return (3.5 hours). About 5k return if you take the minibus.

Difficulty: 

2/10 => 7/10=> 10/10. 455m elevation. The first 50-60 minutes is on sidewalks and asphalt road; very easy (2/10). Then, quite a few steps up to Kowloon peak (7/10); not dangerous, just a lot of steps. Last bit, to Suicide Cliff is not very technically difficult, but it is dangerous in the sense that if you slip and fall, fatality is an almost certainty. So, if you are afraid of heights, don't go. If you do go, be careful. You will not get a better view from Suicide Cliff than you get from Kowloon Peak, so, the good thing about my route is that you don't have to go all the way, just stop wherever you feel comfortable.

Cel phone coverage: Everywhere.

Water needs: 1.5 liter.

Appreciation: 10/10. Awesome, iconic views.

Map & Details: https://www.mapmyhike.com/workout/3222255526/

Exercise Area: No.

Transportation: Choi Hung MTR, Exit 'B'

Why it's worth it: 

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Make your way to CHoi Hung MTR station, Exit 'B', head left right out of the exit and walk along Clear Water Bay Road 

After about 250m, take a right onto Clear Water Bay Road (the road going straight becomes 'New Clear Water Bay Road')

Keep going straight on the same road for about another 1.4km...

... then you will reach this fork. Head left on Fei Ngo Shan Road. This is also where the minibus would drop you off if you had taken the minibus at Choi Hung MTR

You will need to stay on Fei Ngo Shan Rd all the way to the path to Kowloon Peak. That's about a 25-35 minutes walk.

When you see the Ma On Shan Country Park sign, you are not very far, keep right on Fei Ngo Shan Rd

Keep an eye out on your left where you will see steps going up where the road does a 90 degree turn to the right. There are two set of steps, take the one on the right

There's a sign that tells you it is dangerous. It actually isn't dangerous at all to go all the way up to Kowloon Peak.

That's pretty much the kind of steps you'll be climbing all the way up.

Summit is in sight

At the fork, head left

Kowloon Peak summit marker!

Keep following the path. Seems like it is a dead-end but it isn't.
However, once you are at the point where the hikers are on the pictures, you have to decide whether you feel confident about continuing. As I wrote earlier, you won't get a better view going down. 

If you decide to keep going towards Suicide Cliff, it is just about 50-75m down. Be careful about loose rocks.

You can't miss Suicide Cliff, on your right. There's a clear path going there, where a huge piece of rock is jolting out of the mountain face.
Once you are done , just retrace your steps all the way back to Choi Hung MTR. I would advise against going straight down the shortcut, which is quite steep.

Kowloon Peak (through Nan Lian Garden) (Fei Ngo Shan - 飛鵝山)

Duration: 

(5.5 kilometers)
2.5 hours

Difficulty: 10/10 if on a really hot summer day. 8/10 otherwise because of the bushwhacking and steep steps. 575m elevation gain. You can do it the other way; taking minibus #1 from Choi Hung, getting off at Fei Gno Shan Road and climbing up from the East-side which has stairs, then it would be a 6/10.

Cel phone coverage: Everywhere

Water needs: 1 liter

Appreciation: 7/10. Nice views of Kowloon and Hong Kong Island, but not much different from Lion Rock. However, Nan Lian garden is beautiful and worth spending time at.

Transportation: Start at Diamond Hill MTR station exit C. You can walk back to Choi Hung MTR, or take minibus 1 on Clear Water Bay Road.

Why it's worth it:

Garmin: http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/566102777

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Off of Diamond Hill MTR exit C, head left towards Nan Liang Garden

Nan Liang Garden

Very pretty

Exit Nan Liang on the North, on Fung Tak Road, then take Chi Lin drive straight ahead

Go through Hammer Hill Park

Left after the park, onto Hammer Hill Rd

Then after about 100m, right onto Ping Ting Rd at the school

Then, about 70m onto Ping Ting, climb the service stairs to you left

Straight

Stay on the paved steps

Straight and down slightly

Straight at this pavilion; the trail is behind the pavilion

Right at Jat's Incline Rd

40m in, head left; you'll see the steps

These steps...

Quite shaded up to this point

Left. Then you'll eventually get to a "exercise area" where the formal path stops. You'll see the bushwhacking path on the right. Take it and bushwhack your way to the top of Kowloon Peak. It is steep and overgrown. Take a lot of rest if it is really hot and sunny. Drink.

Summit in sight! Get to the tower. When you are done, the path down is pretty much straight from the bushwhacking trail you came from. And there are steps! Much better

You'll eventually get to Fei Ngo Shan Rd, head right. There's a little brook about 10m on the left though, if you want to splash some water on your face/back/any overheating parts...

On the way down, you'll get to see huge mansions. Once you reach Clear Water Bay Rd, you can catch a green minibus to the MTR right there (even though there's no marked stop). Or walk down Clear Water Bay to Choi Hung MTR.