Po Hing Fong
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File:HK SunYatSenHistoricalTrail KuiInFong.JPG at the Original site of the Tongmenghui Reception Centre, in Po Hing Fong]]
Po Hing Fong is a street in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong. It is also a cul-de-sac.
In recent years, it has transformed into a new funky neighborhood in Hong Kong and nicknamed "PoHo" as more artists and interesting shops, such as bohemian cafés, boutiques and design studios, have moved in.{{cite news|title=Neighborhood to watch: Hong Kong's 'PoHo'|url=http://travel.cnn.com/hong-kong/life/hong-kong-neighborhood-po-ho-912546|work=CNN|first=Payal|last=Uttam|date=25 September 2012}}
History
Po Hing Fong was an original site of one of the Tongmenghui Reception Centres, an anti-Qing revolutionary organisation led by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, to provide asylums for revolutionaries.{{cite book|title=China, Britain and Hong Kong, 1895-1945|first=Kit-ching|last=Chan Lau|page=76|publisher= Chinese University Press|year=1990}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/sysm/download/brochure_07_b.pdf|title=The Reception Centre of Tong Meng Hui|work=Leisure and Cultural Services Department|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401004209/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/sysm/download/brochure_07_b.pdf|archivedate=2010-04-01}}
Chau Siu-ki, a prominent Hong Kong businessman used to own two houses at Po Hing Fong. Sir Cecil Clementi, the then Governor of Hong Kong, lived at one of Chau's houses when he was a civil servant.{{cite news|title=The Lage Mr. Chau Siu Ki|newspaper=Hong Kong Daily Press|date=4 December 1925|page=5}}
On 17 July 1925 shortly before 9 a.m., an extensive wall behind the houses near the Caine Road-Ladder Street end undermined by the heavy rains of the past three days. The flood gave out and swept away seven houses on Po Hing Fong where 30 families inhabited. Nearly 80 people were killed in the disaster, among those were Chau Siu-ki and many of his family members.{{cite news|newspaper=The Hong Kong Telegraph|date=17 July 1925|page=1|title=Terrible Flood Disaster.}} Chau Tsun-nin, Chau Siu-ki's son, miraculous survived, due to his having fallen from his bed under a table which supported the weight of the bricks. Chau Tsun-nin later became member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Notable residents
- Sir Cecil Clementi, Governor of Hong Kong
- Chau Siu-ki, Hong Kong insurance and shipping magnate, real estate developer and member of the Legislative Council.
- Sir Chau Tsun-nin, barrister, businessman and member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council.
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.hko.gov.hk/blog/en/archives/00000210.htm The Po Hing Fong Disaster in 1925], at Hong Kong Observatory website
- {{cite web |url=https://stairculture.com/archive/stair/po-hing-fong/ |title=Stairs of Po Hing Fong / Pound Lane to Po Yee Street |last= |first= |date= |website=Hong Kong Stair Archive |publisher=Stair Culture |access-date= |quote=}}
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