Pok Fu Lam (薄扶林) is a residential area on Hong Kong Island, at the western end of the Southern District. The night view of the Island side as seen from the Kowloon side - the opposite side of the Victoria Harbour Hong Kong Island (香港島, colloquially the Island side) is the island where the colonial settlement of the Hong Kong territory, Victoria City, was founded. ... The Southern District (南區) is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. ...

Pok Fu Lam can claim several 'firsts' in Hong Kong's history: it was reputed to be the spot where Europeans first discovered Hong Kong Island; it was the place where Hong Kong's floral emblem, Bauhinia blakeana, was first discovered; the site for Hong Kong's first reservoir (1883, now part of a country park); and the site for Hong Kong's first dairy farm (1885, no longer in existence). World map showing Europe (geographically) When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... Binomial name Bauhinia blakeana S. T. Dunn Bauhinia blakeana, sometimes called Hong Kong orchid tree, is a tree in the genus Bauhinia. ... Nothing!HAHAHAHAHA! ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

At the centre of Pok Fu Lam there is an indigenous village, 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. Shanty towns are units of irregular low-cost and self-constructed housing built on terrain seized and occupied illegally — usually on lands belonging to third parties, most often located in the periphery of the cities. ... An expatriate (in abbreviated form expat) is someone temporarily or permanently in a country and culture other than that of their upbringing and/or legal residence. ... The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Traditional Chinese: 香港大學; Simplified Chinese: 香港大学; pinyin: Xiānggǎng Dàxué) is an English-language medium university and the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong SAR. Its motto is the Latin phrase Sapientia et Virtus (明德格物), meaning wisdom and virtue or sometimes cited as Foresight & Social... Queen Mary Hospital, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong, is the teaching hospital of the University of Hong Kong. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... A physician visiting the sick in a hospital. ...

A large section of Victoria Road, is located in Pokfulam. This section of Victoria Road and its vicinity, remains a hidden sad story of Pokfulam. It is notorious for the amount of dumptrucks passing the area, due to a large landfill located in the northern section of Victoria Road. A large Christian cemetary is located along a valley, covering a large majority of the hill, leaving very little vegetation to grow. In the south of Victoria Road, is located Wah Fu Estate, a large public government rental estate, housing thousands of people. In addition, the road's pavements are plagued by vast amounts of dog faeces. In the north of Victoria Road, there is large incinerator, allegedly used to burn illicit drugs. Next to the incinerator is located an abandoned abbatoir and mortuary. The area is isolated from shopping centres and shops. However, there are several schools and a prestigious medical centre located nearby.

See also

• Cyberport
• Sandy Bay
• List of buildings, sites, and areas in Hong Kong

Cyberport (數碼港 Pinyin: Shùmǎ Gǎng) is a 240,000 m², campus-style, low-density project consisting of commercial, retail, hotel, entertainment and residential facilities, which are being built by Pacific Century CyberWorks Limited (PCCW), which later acquired and merged with Hong Kongs dominant fixed telephone firm. ... Sandy Bay (大口環) is a bay located in Pokfulam, Hong Kong Island. ... The following is a list of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong: // List of the 18 districts of Hong Kong, with a partial list of their sub-areas and streets Hong Kong Island Central and Western Central Admiralty Kennedy Town Mid-levels Sai Ying Pun Shek Tong Tsui Sheung...

External Links

• Mondophoto.net - 579 Public Domain photos of Hong Kong and Pok Fu Lam