page_title: Kuk Po
section_title: Kuk Po today
hierarchical_section_title: Kuk Po / Kuk Po today
caption_attribution_description: English: Abandoned Houses in Kukpo
context_page_description: Kuk Po is an area situated in the north eastern New Territories of Hong Kong, to the south of the Starling Inlet, opposite the town of Sha Tau Kok.
context_section_description: Today, though the villages in Kuk Po are mostly deserted, there is tourism of a kind with hill walkers passing through the area from their mountain trail excursions from the nearby Plover Cove Country Park which fringes the Kuk Po valley. A stall near to the school is open every Sunday to cater for the travellers, owned by local indigenous Kuk Po people.
  The rural decline of Kuk Po is reflected in other village areas in remote and almost inaccessible areas, such as So Lo Pun. To reach Kuk Po from the outside, local residents require to pass through the Shek Chung O border crossing with a permit. This is because Sha Tau Kok lies within a restricted border region. Moreover, it requires taking a ferry boat journey across the Starling Inlet to reach the pier at Kuk Po Hoi Ha. This is because the trackway from Luk Keng is impractical, though some residents are known to use it, it is more usual for people to take a boat across. For mountain trail trekkers, the route is via the Country Park.
  The inhabitants of Kuk Po are Hakka speakers like the surrounding villages and many people in the town of Sha Tau Kok. Many of those who were educated in Kuk Po since the 1970s are bilingual in Hakka and Cantonese.
caption: Abandoned Houses in Kuk Po
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