Pok Fu Lam
Pok Fu Lam (薄扶林) or
Pokfulam is a residential area on
Hong Kong Island, at the western end of the
Southern District.
Pok Fu Lam is a valley between
Victoria Peak and
Mount Kellet, about
Taihowan Bay.
Pok Fu Lam can claim several
firsts in the history of Hong Kong: it was the place where
Hong Kong's floral emblem,
Bauhinia blakeana, was first discovered; the site for Hong Kong's first
reservoir,
Pokfulam Reservoir, (
1883, now part of
a country park); and the site for Hong Kong's first dairy farm by five investors, including
Sir Patrick Manson in
1885. The farm supplied not only milk, but cattle to
Hong Kong. The farm was later became
Dairy Farm. The farm is no longer in existence in Pok Fu Lam.
At the centre of Pok Fu Lam there is an indigenous village, the
Pok Fu Lam Tsuen (薄扶林村), which is often mistaken as a
shanty town by the residents of the surrounding apartments, who are nevertheless attracted by Pok Fu Lam's quiet, green environment. Not surprisingly, there are a significant number of
expatriates living in Pok Fu Lam, many of whom work at the nearby
University of Hong Kong. Pok Fu Lam is also the location for the
Queen Mary Hospital (colloquially known as
QM, established in
1937), one of Hong Kong's major
hospitals.
There was once a dairy which produced milk and milk products during the 1950's in Pokfulam.
Pok Fu Lam is connected to the
Mid-levels,
Sai Ying Pun and
Aberdeen by the
Pok Fu Lam Road. Pok Fu Lam also outlooks Lamma Island.
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Cyberport*
Sandy Bay*
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