So Uk () is an area in
New Kowloon
New Kowloon is an area in Hong Kong, bounded in the south by Boundary Street, and in the north by the ranges of the Eagle's Nest, Beacon Hill, Lion Rock, Tate's Cairn and Kowloon Peak. It covers the present-day Kwun Tong District and Wong Tai ...
of Hong Kong, located to the north of
Cheung Sha Wan
Cheung Sha Wan is an area between Lai Chi Kok and Sham Shui Po in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is mainly residential to the north and south, with an industrial area in between. Administratively it is part of Sham Shui Po District, which a ...
. It was originally a village founded and resided by a clan bearing the surname
So. The area now includes the area surrounding
So Uk Estate, and a major hospital,
Caritas Medical Centre
Caritas Medical Centre () is a district general hospital in So Uk, Cheung Sha Wan, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is the major hospital in Sham Shui Po District and co-managed by the Hospital Authority and Caritas Hong Kong.
History
Caritas Medic ...
, is also located within the area.
History
When the first ancestor of the So
Clan of So Uk arrived in 1739, he called his new home Mau Tin Tsuen (lit. "Village of the Rough Grass Fields"); and his descendants long used this name before ''So Uk'' came into common usage.
James Hayes: "The Hong Kong Region: Its Place in Traditional Chinese Historiography and Principal Events Since the Establishment of Hsin-an County in 1573", in ''Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch'', Vol. 14, 1974. p.121
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In the 1950s, the original So Uk Village, occupied largely by squatter huts, was demolished to make way for a public housing estate
Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is usually owned by a government authority, either central or local. Although the common goal of public housing is to provide affordable housing, the details, terminology, d ...
, later known as " So Uk Estate".
References
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New Kowloon