Kuk Po

Kuk Po (hanzi: 谷埔, pinyin : gŭ bù) is situated in the north eastern New Territories of Hong Kong, to the south of the Starling Inlet (Shataukok Hoi, Sha Tau Kok Hoi), opposite the town of Shataukok. By accounts given by villagers, the area was originally inhabited by the Cheung (張) clan who now reside in Fung Hang (鳳杭), and this is supported by much of the land in Kuk Po being owned by the Cheung. The Cheung may have been the original inhabitants prior to the 1662 evacuation of the coastal regions under the Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. All the coastal inhabitants had to move fifty li from the coast. Two years later a further evacuation further inland was ordered. It was not until 1669 that this evacuation was rescinded, and the...