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{{Short description|Industrial and residential area of Hong Kong}}
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[[Image:San Po Kong 201207.jpg|thumb|right|Looking South-west over San Po Kong in July 2012]]
[[Image:San Po Kong 2010.jpg|thumb|right|Looking north-east over San Po Kong in October 2010]]
'''San Po Kong''' ({{zh|t=新蒲崗|cy=sān pòuh gōng}}) is an area in [[New Kowloon]] in [[Hong Kong]]. It is largely industrial and partly residential. Administratively, it belongs to [[Wong Tai Sin District]].
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==Location==
San Po Kong is located south of [[Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong|Wong Tai Sin]] and [[Diamond Hill]], north of the former [[Kai Tak Airport|Kai Tak International Airport]] and west of Ngau Chai Wan. The area is bounded by [[Choi Hung Road]] and [[Prince Edward Road|Prince Edward Road East]]. 

==History==
===Village===
San Po Kong was a new village replacing the old [[Po Kong Village]] that was destroyed by the [[Japanese occupation of Hong Kong|Japanese]] in 1943.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gwulo.com/node/40616|title = Po Kong village &#91;????-1942&#93; &#124; Gwulo: Old Hong Kong}}</ref> 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.

===Airport===
In 1916, the area south of present-day San Po Kong was [[Land reclamation in Hong Kong|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 [[Government of Hong Kong|Hong Kong Government]] decided to buy back the land for the Royal Air Force and a future [[Kai Tak Airport|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 [[Kai Tak Nullah|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.

Part of the previous runway was converted into Tseuk Luk Street in the area, which was deliberately named with a [[pun]] on the word "[[landing]]" in Cantonese.<ref>{{cite news |title=新蒲崗爵祿街取「著陸」諧音 為紀念舊機場飛機每天著陸歷史 |url=https://ps.hket.com/article/3579759/%E3%80%90%E5%9C%B0%E5%90%8D%E8%A7%A3%E7%A2%BC%E3%80%91%E6%96%B0%E8%92%B2%E5%B4%97%E7%88%B5%E7%A5%BF%E8%A1%97%E5%8F%96%E3%80%8C%E8%91%97%E9%99%B8%E3%80%8D%E8%AB%A7%E9%9F%B3%20%E7%82%BA%E7%B4%80%E5%BF%B5%E8%88%8A%E6%A9%9F%E5%A0%B4%E9%A3%9B%E6%A9%9F%E6%AF%8F%E5%A4%A9%E8%91%97%E9%99%B8%E6%AD%B7%E5%8F%B2 |work=Hong Kong Economic Times}}</ref>

===Industrial area===
[[File:HK SanPoKongFtyBldg Blk4.jpg|thumb|A building of the public [[Public factory estates in Hong Kong|San Po Kong Factory Estate]], shortly before its demolition in October 2007.]]
In 1958, the airport was shifted south, out of San Po Kong and into [[Kowloon Bay (body of water)|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 [[Public factory estates in Hong Kong|San Po Kong Factory Estate]], a factory estate for small manufacturing businesses in the early 1960s.<ref name="impact">[http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/HIA_Report_CWFE.pdf Heritage Impact Assessment on Chai Wan Factory Estate], [[Hong Kong Housing Authority]], April 2013. p.78</ref>

In May 1967, a labour dispute in a factory making artificial flowers ignited the [[Hong Kong 1967 Leftist Riots|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 [[warehouse|godown]]s.

==Features==
Facilities in San Po Kong include:
* [[Mikiki]], a shopping mall
* [[Choi Hung Road Playground]]
* [[Rhythm Garden]], a housing estate
* [[Ho Lap College]]
* [[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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/spa-systems/primary-1-admission/school-lists/2023dpnet-43b.pdf|title=POA School Net 43|publisher=[[Education Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-09-12}}</ref>

[[Hong Kong Public Libraries]] maintains the San Po Kong Public Library in San Po Kong Plaza.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hkpl.gov.hk/en/locations/wong-tai-sin/library/san-po-kong.html|title=San Po Kong Public Library|publisher=[[Hong Kong Public Libraries]]|access-date=2025-10-12}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Kai Tak Development]]
* [[Po Kong Village Road Park]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|San Po Kong}}
* [http://www.pland.gov.hk/pland_en/p_study/comp_s/hk2030/eng/wpapers/pdf/wpaper33.pdf Working Paper No. 33. Regeneration of Industrial Areas in Metro Area - A Hypothetical Case Study at San Po Kong], Planning Department, November 2003

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