Pok Fu Lam

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Pok Fu Lam (薄扶林) or Pokfulam is a residential area on Hong Kong Island, at the western end of the Southern District.

Pok Fu Lam is a valley between Victoria Peak and Mount Kellet, about Taihowan Bay.

Pok Fu Lam can claim several firsts in the history of Hong Kong: it was the place where Hong Kong's floral emblem, Bauhinia blakeana, was first discovered; the site for Hong Kong's first reservoir, Pokfulam Reservoir, (1883, now part of a country park); and the site for Hong Kong's first dairy farm (1885, no longer in existence).

At the centre of Pok Fu Lam there is an indigenous village, the Pok Fu Lam Tsuen (薄扶林村), 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.

There was once a dairy which produced milk and milk products during the 1950's in Pokfulam.

Pok Fu Lam is connected to the Mid-levels, Sai Ying Pun and Aberdeen by the Pok Fu Lam Road.

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