Kuk Po

The Cheung may have been the original inhabitants prior to the 1662 evacuation of the coastal regions under the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing dynasty.

The Kangxi Emperor decreed some financial assistance to help with the repopulation efforts, and it is probably due to this measure that newcomers came to Kuk Po and surrounding areas to live.

For over three centuries, the area of Kuk Po has been inhabited by seven clans, the Sung (宋), Lee (李), Ho (何), Tsang (曾), Cheng (鄭), Ng (吳) and Yeung (楊).

They continued to maintain their links with the village with some visiting frequently, and some coming on the first and fifteenth of the lunar months and festivities to observe pray and offerings to ancestors and the gods of the home and hearth.

A stall near to the school is open every Sunday to cater for the travellers, owned by local indigenous Kuk Po people.

To reach Kuk Po from the outside, local residents require to pass through the Shek Chung O border crossing with a permit.

Moreover, it requires taking a ferry boat journey across the Starling Inlet to reach the pier at Kuk Po Hoi Ha.

The inhabitants of Kuk Po are Hakka speakers like the surrounding villages and many people in the town of Sha Tau Kok.