Pok Fu Lam

English Alternative forms en Pokfulam Pok Fu Lum Pokfulum Pok-foo-lum Etymology From en yue 薄扶林. Proper noun 1 1 en village district/Southern sar/Hong Kong. en October 9, 2013 Battersea Power Station ‘at risk’ w:The Times https://web.archive.org/web/20210411181151/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/battersea-power-station-at-risk-q2g0ncj9w7m 11 April 2021 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/battersea-power-station-at-risk-q2g0ncj9w7m 0140-0460 181820531 https://archive.li/QNm0w Battersea Power Station is among a host of world monuments that have been placed on a list of threatened heritage. It is one of 67 cultural sites in 41 countries deemed to be at risk from the forces of nature and social, political and economic change.They range from Venice to the little-known village of Pok Fu Lam in Hong Kong, and include sites dating from prehistory to the twentieth century. en 11 January 2017 Christopher Dewolf Stories behind Hong Kong districts: Pok Fu Lam Village, once a rural idyll, unbowed amid uncertain future https://web.archive.org/web/20170113055934/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/2060796/stories-behind-hong-kong-districts-pok-fu-lam-village-once 13 January 2017 https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/2060796/stories-behind-hong-kong-districts-pok-fu-lam-village-once w:South China Morning Post 1563-9371 648902513 Travel & Leisure https://archive.li/B9uDN When social worker Benjamin Sin Chiu-hang was posted to the Caritas office in Pok Fu Lam Village, he knew he had arrived somewhere special. “The people living there were somehow different from the people elsewhere in Hong Kong,” he says. “It’s a horizontal community, very vernacular and organic.” en 30 AUGUST 2022 Kelly Ho Hong Kong’s iconic Tai Hang fire dragon dance cancelled for third consecutive year amid Covid-19 https://archive.li/fnZIg 21 August 2023 https://hongkongfp.com/2022/08/30/hong-kongs-iconic-tai-hang-fire-dragon-dance-cancelled-for-third-consecutive-year-amid-covid-19/ w:Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong The organiser of another fire dragon dance performance, which traditionally took place in Pok Fu Lam Village on the evening of the Mid-Autumn Festival, said on the same radio programme that they were yet to receive a formal reply from the government as to whether the event can go ahead. en area district/Southern sar/Hong Kong. en DECEMBER 15, 2010 PRESS DIGEST - Hong Kong - Dec 16 https://web.archive.org/web/20230821105753/https://www.reuters.com/article/hongkong-press-idUKTOE6BF02E20101216 21 August 2023 https://www.reuters.com/article/hongkong-press-idUKTOE6BF02E20101216 w:Reuters CONSUMER GOODS AND RETAIL https://archive.li/SIZcG Hong Kong Cyberport Management, landlord of the government-backed flagship hi-tech facility in Pok Fu Lam, will invest HK$100 million ($12.9 million) in the next three years to make the Cyperport an Asia-Pacific information and communications technology hub, said Chairman Paul Chow. en October 17, 2011 Alec Frew McMillan Looking for Space in Hong Kong w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20111018203419/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/greathomesanddestinations/looking-for-space-in-hong-kong.html 0362-4331 1645522 https://archive.is/m8W1A When they bought a penthouse in Pok Fu Lam, a leafy neighborhood on the western edge of Hong Kong island, Will Toye and Nicole Schoeni wanted to make the most of their roof, which they use frequently for entertaining. en 9 June 2023 Burglars grab HK$800,000 in valuables from detached house in Pok Fu Lam https://web.archive.org/web/20230821124454/https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/204648/Burglars-grab-HK$800,000-in-valuables-from-detached-house-in-Pok-Fu-Lam 21 August 2023 https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/204648/Burglars-grab-HK%24800%2C000-in-valuables-from-detached-house-in-Pok-Fu-Lam The Standard (Hong Kong) The Standard Local https://archive.li/OWonn An investigation is underway after some HK$800,000 in valuables was stolen from a detached house in Pok Fu Lam. en October 30, 2024 Kanis Leung A man is arrested on suspicion of killing a woman in a Hong Kong park w:AP News https://web.archive.org/web/20241130104347/https://apnews.com/article/hong-kong-woman-killed-e38e424a0cc5b972e605dd89eeeb3899 https://apnews.com/article/hong-kong-woman-killed-e38e424a0cc5b972e605dd89eeeb3899 November 30, 2024 World News https://archive.ph/GVdH9 The woman went to the waterfall inside a park in Pok Fu Lam on Hong Kong Island on Sunday night with the suspect, but he rushed off alone in a taxi after staying there for about half an hour, police said. Synonyms initialism en PFL village en Pok Fu Lam Tsuen Translations area in Hong Kong Chinese: Cantonese: yue 薄扶林 Further reading Pok Fu Lam, Pokfulam, Pokfulum, Pok-foo-lum