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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]
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.
St Stephen's College is a Christian Direct Subsidy Scheme co-educational secondary school in Stanley,Hong Kong. With an area of about 150,000 m2,the college is the largest secondary school in Hong Kong,and is one of the very few boarding schools in the territory. Many buildings in the campus are listed in the list of historic Buildings and Declared Monuments by the Antiquities Advisory Board. When the college was founded in 1903,there were only six boarders and one day student;in the academic year 2014–2015,there were approximately 910 students studying in the college. The current principal is Mrs Julie Ma,commencing duty since 2023. St Stephen's College mainly uses English as a medium of instruction,and Chinese language for Chinese,Chinese history,Putonghua,visual arts and physical education. St Stephen's College is the first school in the territory having its own Heritage Trail in the school campus. The college's oldest building,the School House,was declared a monument in 2011,being one of the few schools in Hong Kong to own a Declared Monument in its campus.
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