So Kon Po or Sookunpo () is an area of

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located south of

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. It neighbours

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Jardine's Lookout Jardine's Lookout () is a mountain in Wan Chai District, Hong Kong with a height of . It is located east of Happy Valley, south of Causeway Bay, and west of Braemar Hill and north of Tai Tam Country Park. A low-density residential area called ...

. It contains the

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, and the Tung Wah Eastern Hospital. So Kon Po was the burial grounds for the victims of the

Happy Valley Racecourse The Happy Valley Racecourse is one of the two racecourses for horse racing and is a tourist attraction in Hong Kong. It is located in Happy Valley on Hong Kong Island, surrounded by Wong Nai Chung Road and Morrison Hill Road. The capacity ...

fire in 1918. The remains were moved to

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in 1953, when the stadium was built on its grounds.

Education

The Hong Kong government-operated Sir Ellis Kadoorie (Sookunpo) Primary School is located in So Kon Po. It was formerly both a primary and secondary school. In 1980 the Kadoorie School was divided into separate schools for primary and secondary levels.

Sir Ellis Kadoorie Secondary School (West Kowloon) Sir Ellis Kadoorie Secondary School (West Kowloon) (SEKSS(WK)) is a secondary school in Tai Kok Tsui, Yau Tsim Mong District, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was established on 16 October 1916 as The Ellis Kadoorie School for Indians by the Governor of H ...

opened in 2000, taking secondary levels. Kadoorie School previously had separate shifts in the morning and afternoon. So Kon Po is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 12. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and the following government schools: Sir Ellis Kadoorie (S) Primary School and Hennessy Road Government Primary School ().

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