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So Kon Po 掃桿埔
Suburb
Entrance to Hong Kong Stadium at Eastern Hospital Road.
Coordinates: 22°16′27″N 114°11′22″E / 22.27414°N 114.18937°E / 22.27414; 114.18937
Country	China
SAR	Hong Kong
District	Wan Chai District

So Kon Po or Sookunpo (Chinese: 掃桿埔) is an area of Hong Kong Island located south of Causeway Bay and Victoria Park in Hong Kong. It neighbours Caroline Hill and Jardine's Lookout.

Features

It contains the Hong Kong Stadium, Olympic House, and the Tung Wah Eastern Hospital. So Kon Po was the burial grounds for the victims of the Happy Valley Racecourse fire in 1918. The remains were moved to Aberdeen in 1953, when the stadium was built on its grounds.

Caroline Hill

The actual Caroline Hill is not visible beyond than the noticeable rise of roads around it. Prior to 1920s the hill had been occupied by Captain William Morgan's Bungalow built in the 1840s but had been demolished by the early 1900s.

The north end is occupied by the South China Athletic Association (SCAA) facilities including the South China AA Stadium built in 1953. The SCAA has been occupying this site since the 1920s. The southern end was a government building (used by Highway Department) and now being replaced by the District Court project which will re-located the Wan Chai Courts to this location. The tennis courts on the south end are being redeveloped as a commercial site.

Education

The Hong Kong government-operated Sir Ellis Kadoorie (Sookunpo) Primary School is located in So Kon Po. It was formerly both a primary and secondary school. In 1980 the Kadoorie School was divided into separate schools for primary and secondary levels. Sir Ellis Kadoorie Secondary School (West Kowloon) opened in 2000, taking secondary levels. Kadoorie School previously had separate shifts in the morning and afternoon.

So Kon Po is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 12. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and the following government schools: Sir Ellis Kadoorie (S) Primary School and Hennessy Road Government Primary School (Chinese: 軒尼詩道官立小學).

References

1. "So Kon Po". GeoInfo Map. Lands Department. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
2. "Hong Kong Stadium". LCSD Official Website. Leisure and Cultural Services Department. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
3. Dafydd Emrys Evans (1968). "Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s First Site in Hong Kong". Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 8. JSTOR 23885259.
4. "Hong Kong plans new HK$5.8 billion District Court in Causeway Bay". 28 March 2022.
5. "Caroline Hill Road Project Foundation Works Commences".
6. "Home". Sir Ellis Kadoorie (S) Primary School. Retrieved 22 November 2022. Address: 9, Eastern Hospital Road, Sookunpo, Hong Kong
7. "School Vision and School Mission". Sir Ellis Kadoorie (S) Primary School. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
8. "School Vision and School Mission". Sir Ellis Kadoorie (S) Primary School. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
9. "POA2023 Primary School Lists by School Net for Discretionary Places Admission Stage". Education Bureau. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
10. "POA School Net 12" (PDF). Education Bureau. Retrieved 12 September 2022.

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