๐ญ๐ฐ San Po Kong is an area in New Kowloon in Hong Kong. It is largely industrial and partly residential. Administratively, it belongs to Wong Tai Sin District.
Geography: Location San Po Kong is located south of Wong Tai Sin and Diamond Hill, north of the former Kai Tak International Airport and west of Ngau Chai Wan. The area is bounded by Choi Hung Road and Prince Edward Road East.
History San Po Kong was a new village replacing the old Po Kong Village that was destroyed by the Japanese in 1943. The original village consisted of terraced housing and a small forested area along a hill. The hill was partially levelled by the Japanese during the extension of the runway at Kai Tak during World War II. Today the old village hill is now site of the Choi Hung Road Playground. Reminders of the old village lives on with street names and a park (Po Kong Village Road, Po Kong Village Road Park). The current San Po Kong is a post-War residential scheme with mostly public housing blocks.
Transport: Air In 1916, the area south of present-day San Po Kong was reclaimed by Ho Kai and Au Tak for a garden estate. The reclamation was completed in two phases in 1920 and 1927. The reclaimed area became known as Kai Tak Bund. The company lacked the capital to complete the project and left part the land unused. The Hong Kong Government decided to buy back the land for the Royal Air Force and a future Kai Tak Aerodrome. In the late 1930s, the airport was significantly expanded to take up the whole of San Po Kong. Clear Water Bay Road, part of the current Choi Hung Road, and a nullah were constructed around the airport. During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, more than 20 villages surrounding San Po Kong were demolished for further expansion of the airport.
Industrial area In 1958, the airport was shifted south, out of San Po Kong and into Kowloon Bay. Prince Edward Road East was completed at around this time. San Po Kong became an industrial area, in many high-rise buildings. The government also established the San Po Kong Factory Estate, a factory estate for small manufacturing businesses in the early 1960s.
In May 1967, a labour dispute in a factory making artificial flowers ignited the 1967 riots, which lasted until October. During that period, public bus services were suspended, forcing workers from other areas to commute on foot.
In the 1980s, many of the manufacturing businesses in San Po Kong relocated to China, and the industrial buildings were turned into offices and godowns.
Features Facilities in San Po Kong include: โข Mikiki, a shopping mall โข Choi Hung Road Playground โข Rhythm Garden, a housing estate โข Ho Lap College โข Ng Wah Catholic Secondary School
Transport San Po Kong is served by Wong Tai Sin station, Diamond Hill station and Kai Tak station of the MTR.
Education San Po Kong is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 43. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and Wong Tai Sin Government Primary School.
San Po Kong has a population of over 24,012 people. San Po Kong also forms part of the wider Wong Tai Sin District which has a population of over 420,183 people. It is also a part of the larger Kowloon Region. San Po Kong is situated 3 km south of Tsz Wan Shan.
๐ญ๐ฐ Tsz Wan Shan 22.349
๐ง๐ฉ Patuakhali 22.354
๐ญ๐ฐ Ha Kwai Chung 22.367
๐ญ๐ฐ Kwai Chung 22.367
๐ญ๐ฐ Sham Shui Po 22.334
๐ญ๐ฐ Wong Tai Sin 22.333
๐ง๐ฉ Chittagong 22.333
๐ญ๐ฐ Ho Man Tin 22.317
๐ญ๐ฐ Ngau Tau Kok 22.317
๐ญ๐ฐ Tsz Wan Shan 114.199
๐ญ๐ฐ North Point 114.2
๐ญ๐ฐ Ngau Tau Kok 114.217
๐ญ๐ฐ Shau Kei Wan 114.23
๐ญ๐ฐ Ma On Shan Tsuen 114.233
๐ญ๐ฐ Tseung Kwan O 114.249
Locations Near: San Po Kong 114.198,22.3355
๐ญ๐ฐ Tsz Wan Shan 114.199,22.349 d: 1.5
๐ญ๐ฐ Wong Tai Sin 114.183,22.333 d: 1.6
๐ญ๐ฐ Kowloon 114.183,22.317 d: 2.6
๐ญ๐ฐ Ho Man Tin 114.183,22.317 d: 2.6
๐ญ๐ฐ Ngau Tau Kok 114.217,22.317 d: 2.9
๐ญ๐ฐ Kwun Tong 114.225,22.315 d: 3.6
๐ญ๐ฐ Sha Tin 114.183,22.367 d: 3.8
๐ญ๐ฐ Shatin 114.183,22.367 d: 3.8
๐ญ๐ฐ Sham Shui Po 114.163,22.334 d: 3.6
๐ญ๐ฐ North Point 114.2,22.3 d: 4
Antipodal to: San Po Kong -65.802,-22.336
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๐ฆ๐ท San Ramรณn de la Nueva Orรกn -64.333,-23.133 d: 19840.3
๐ฆ๐ท San Salvador de Jujuy -65.309,-24.18 d: 19803.8
๐ฆ๐ท Salta -65.409,-24.79 d: 19739.2
๐จ๐ฑ Calama -68.933,-22.467 d: 19692.9
๐ง๐ด Sucre -65.263,-19.043 d: 19644.7
๐ฆ๐ท San Miguel de Tucumรกn -65.225,-26.83 d: 19511.9
๐ฆ๐ท Tucumรกn -65.366,-26.944 d: 19500.8