So Kon Po

English Alternative forms en Sookunpo obsolete Etymology From en yue 掃桿埔. Proper noun 1 en area district/Wan Chai sar/Hong Kong. en 2007-06-18 Michael Ingham Hong Kong: A Cultural History w:Oxford University Press 9780199886241 Not far from here in So Kon Po is the new Hong Kong Stadium, completed in 1994, where the annual International Rugby Sevens tournament in March brings in visitors from all over the world. en 2011 Patricia Lim Other Nationalities: The Japanese and Russians Buried in the Hong Kong Cemetery Forgotten Souls: A Social History of the Hong Kong Cemetery https://archive.org/details/forgottensoulsso0000limp/ w:Hong Kong University Press 9789622099906 682897062 525 https://archive.org/details/forgottensoulsso0000limp/page/525/ Miura was cremated in the Japanese crematorium at So Kon Po. A local historian has been in contact with his descendants back in Japan who provided photographs of Miura and his assistants in Hong Kong, and expressed amazement that his grave still existed in the Cemetery. en 2013-12-16 Christopher Munn Anglo-China: Chinese People and British Rule in Hong Kong, 1841-1880 https://books.google.com/books?id=ytZcAgAAQBAJ Routledge 9781136838453 866446258 94 https://books.google.com/books?id=ytZcAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA94 At the end of the year, in recognition of the fact that the villagers of Wong Nai Chung and So Kon Po had nothing to do, the Surveyor General issued a proclamation assuring them that contractors would consider them first 'when employing coolies on government works'. en 23 October 2015 Karen Cheung Three locations including ‘High Street Haunted House’ declared as monuments w:Hong Kong Free Press https://archive.ph/8MCue 15 January 2024 https://hongkongfp.com/2015/10/23/three-locations-including-high-street-haunted-house-declared-as-monuments/ Community & Education, Hong Kong The Race Course Fire Memorial, which is located on the hillside above the present Hong Kong Stadium in So Kon Po near Causeway Bay, was erected in 1922 to commemorate the victims of a disastrous fire which broke out at the Happy Valley Racecourse in February 26, 1918. See also en Sookun Poo Further reading So Kon Po, Sookunpo