Po Hing Fong

Street in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

Po Hing Fong

Traditional Chinese

普慶坊

Simplified Chinese

普庆坊

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Pǔqìng Fang
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Pou2 hing3 fong1

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.^[1]

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.^[2]^[3]

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.^[4]

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 thirty families inhabited. Nearly eighty people were killed in the disaster, among those were Chau Siu-ki and many of his family members.^[5] 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.^[5] 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.

References

^ Uttam, Payal (25 September 2012). "Neighborhood to watch: Hong Kong's 'PoHo'". CNN.
^ Chan Lau, Kit-ching (1990). China, Britain and Hong Kong, 1895-1945. Chinese University Press. p. 76.
^ "The Reception Centre of Tong Meng Hui" (PDF). Leisure and Cultural Services Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2010.
^ "The Lage Mr. Chau Siu Ki". Hong Kong Daily Press. 4 December 1925. p. 5.
^ ^a ^b "Terrible Flood Disaster". The Hong Kong Telegraph. 17 July 1925. p. 1.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Po Hing Fong.

The Po Hing Fong Disaster in 1925, at Hong Kong Observatory website
"Stairs of Po Hing Fong / Pound Lane to Po Yee Street". Hong Kong Stair Archive. Stair Culture.

Streets and roads on Hong Kong Island

Central and Western District