So Kon Po

So Kon Po
掃捍埔
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; 114.18937Coordinates: 22°16′27″N 114°11′22″E / 22.27414°N 114.18937°E / 22.27414; 114.18937
Country  Hong Kong
Region Hong Kong Island
So Kon Po
Traditional Chinese 掃捍埔
Yale Romanization Sou hohn bou
Jyutping Sou3 hon6 bou3
Happy Valley Racecourse Fire memorial.

So Kon Po (Chinese: 掃捍埔) is located in the south of Causeway Bay and Victoria Park on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It neighbours Caroline Hill and Jardine's Lookout.

It contains the Hong Kong Stadium 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.


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