So Kon Po
So Kon Po
Quét côn bộ | |
|---|---|
Suburb | |
 Entrance toHong Kong Stadiumat Eastern Hospital Road. | |
| Coordinates:22°16′27″N114°11′22″E/ 22.27414°N 114.18937°E | |
| Country | China |
| SAR |  Hong Kong |
| District | Wan Chai District |
| So Kon Po | |
|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | Quét côn bộ |
| Simplified Chinese | Quét côn bộ |
| CantoneseYale | Sou gon bou |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Sǎogǎnpǔ |
| Yale Romanization | Sou gon bou |
| Jyutping | Sou3gon1bou3 |
So Kon PoorSookunpo(Chinese:Quét côn bộ) is an area ofHong Kong Islandlocated south ofCauseway BayandVictoria ParkinHong Kong.It neighboursCaroline HillandJardine's Lookout.[1]
Features
[edit]It contains theHong Kong Stadium,[2]Olympic House,and theTung Wah Eastern Hospital.So Kon Po was the burial grounds for the victims of theHappy Valley Racecoursefire in 1918. The remains were moved toAberdeen[clarification needed]in 1953, when the stadium was built on its grounds.
Caroline Hill
[edit]The actual Caroline Hill is not visible beyond than the noticeable rise of roads around it. Prior to 1920s the hill had been occupied by Captain William Morgan's Bungalow built in the 1840s but had been demolished by the early 1900s.[3]
The north end is occupied by the South China Athletic Association (SCAA) facilities including theSouth China AA Stadiumbuilt in 1953. The SCAA has been occupying this site since the 1920s. The southern end was a government building (used by Highway Department) and now being replaced by the District Court project which will re-located the Wan Chai Courts to this location.[4]The tennis courts on the south end are being redeveloped as a commercial site.[5]
Education
[edit]The Hong Kong government-operatedSir Ellis Kadoorie (Sookunpo) Primary Schoolis located in So Kon Po.[6]It was formerly both a primary and secondary school. In 1980 the Kadoorie School was divided into separate schools for primary and secondary levels.[7]Sir Ellis Kadoorie Secondary School (West Kowloon)opened in 2000, taking secondary levels. Kadoorie School previously had separate shifts in the morning and afternoon.[8]
So Kon Po is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 12.[9]Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and the following government schools: Sir Ellis Kadoorie (S) Primary School and Hennessy Road Government Primary School (Chinese:Hennessy nói quan lập tiểu học).[10]
References
[edit]- ^"So Kon Po".GeoInfo Map.Lands Department.Retrieved8 January2019.
- ^"Hong Kong Stadium".LCSD Official Website.Leisure and Cultural Services Department.Retrieved8 January2019.
- ^Dafydd Emrys Evans (1968). "Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s First Site in Hong Kong".Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.8.JSTOR23885259.
- ^"Hong Kong plans new HK$5.8 billion District Court in Causeway Bay".28 March 2022.
- ^"Caroline Hill Road Project Foundation Works Commences".
- ^"Home".Sir Ellis Kadoorie (S) Primary School.Retrieved22 November2022.
Address: 9, Eastern Hospital Road, Sookunpo, Hong Kong
- ^"School Vision and School Mission".Sir Ellis Kadoorie (S) Primary School.Retrieved8 July2021.
- ^"School Vision and School Mission".Sir Ellis Kadoorie (S) Primary School.Retrieved23 November2022.
- ^"POA2023 Primary School Lists by School Net for Discretionary Places Admission Stage".Education Bureau.Retrieved9 October2022.
- ^"POA School Net 12"(PDF).Education Bureau.Retrieved12 September2022.
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