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San Po Kong
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English
Alternative forms
en Sanpokong
Etymology
From en yue 新蒲崗.
Proper noun
1
en area district/Wong Tai Sin region/Kowloon sar/Hong Kong.
en 1977 Frank Leeming Time, Place and Community in Hong Kong Street Studies in Hong Kong: Localities in a Chinese City East Asian Social Science Monographs https://archive.org/details/streetstudiesinh0000leem/ w:Oxford University Press 0195803396 3664022 6 https://archive.org/details/streetstudiesinh0000leem/page/6/ Sanpokong was airport land until about 1960: the industrial area at Kwuntong and part of that at Cheungshawan were reclaimed only in the 1950s. on
en October 11, 1991 w:Suzy Menkes Hong Kong's Fashion Bargains w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20230421155532/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/11/style/IHT-hong-kongs-fashion-bargains.html 0362-4331 1645522 Before Hong Kong's new airport is completed, you may also have to put up with the roar of airplane engines in Kowloon City, where Lion Rock Road is a center for cheap sportswear and Angus International specializes in silk. Good silk from China can also be found in the airport area at Citi Garments and other outlets in the slummy San Po Kong.
en 2014 Michael Bishton 1 The Island https://archive.org/details/island0000bish/ Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd 9781784550462 894276429 36 https://archive.org/details/island0000bish/page/36/ In the image presented was the look of a district: that of the industrial quarter in Hong Kong called San Po Kong.Massive sliding doors characterised these fearsome shops opening to the street. It was the pattern too with the other manufacturing premises continuing on along the narrow industrial thoroughfares of San Po Kong.
en May 14, 2019 Donny Kwok; Shellin Li; Yilei Sun Tesla car catches fire in Hong Kong parking lot: media James Pomfret; Clarence Fernandez w:Reuters https://web.archive.org/web/20190514065224/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-china-hongkong/tesla-car-catches-fire-in-hong-kong-parking-lot-media-idUSKCN1SK0G1/ May 14, 2019 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-china-hongkong/tesla-car-catches-fire-in-hong-kong-parking-lot-media-idUSKCN1SK0G1/ Technology News The electric car burst into flames 30 minutes after being parked in the city’s San Po Kong district on Sunday, the newspaper said, with three explosions seen on CCTV footage.
en 9 December 2019 Christopher DeWolf Hong Kong neighbourhood where spark for 1967 riots was lit, San Po Kong once again playing role in protest – as host of talks on freedom, and humour in hard times https://web.archive.org/web/20250215002338/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3041014/hong-kong-neighbourhood-where-spark-1967-riots-was-lit-san w:South China Morning Post 1563-9371 648902513 Travel & Leisure Bleak House ended up in San Po Kong, an industrial neighbourhood in Kowloon northeast of Kowloon City, quite simply because the right space became available at the right price at the right time. 15 February 2025
Translations
area in Hong Kong
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 新蒲崗
Further reading
San Po Kong, Sanpokong