Sau Mau Ping is an area in eastern New Kowloon

New Kowloon

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, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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Its Chinese name was formerly So Mau Ping (蘇茅坪), but this was often mis-rendered So Mo Ping (掃墓坪), meaning a place to 'visit one's ancestors'. In fact, during World War II

World War II

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, much of the area was used as a cemetery

Cemetery

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. The Chinese name was considered inappropriate for a residential area and so it was changed to the current one, meaning "nice and prosperous".

Sau Mau Ping was part of the early Kwun Tong satellite city

Kwun Tong District

Kwun Tong is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in Kowloon. It had a population of 562,427 in 2001. The district has the third highest population while the income is below average....

 in Hong Kong. Sau Mau Ping Estate

Sau Mau Ping Estate

Sau Mau Ping Estate is one of the earliest public housing estates in Kwun Tong District, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It has 18 blocks, providing a total of 12,310 rental flats. Each of them has a size of 10.6 - 52.2 sq. metres...

 and Po Tat Estate

Po Tat Estate

Po Tat Estate , formerly called Po Lam Road Housing Development , is a public housing estate at the junction of Po Lam Road and Sau Mau Ping Road in Sau Mau Ping, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, near Sau Mau Ping Estate and Tseung Kwan O Tunnel...

 are major public housing estates

Public housing in Hong Kong

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 in the area.

Transportation

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• 1A- Sau Mau Ping (Central) ↔ Star Ferry
• 11C- Sau Mau Ping (Upper) ↔ Chuk Yuen Estate
• 11X- Sau Mau Ping (Upper) ↔ Hung Hom Station
• 13D- Po Tat ↔ Island Harbourview
• 13M- Po Tat ↺ Kwun Tong (Elegance Road)
• 13P- Po Tat ↔ Lai Kok
• 13X- Po Tat ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
• 93A- Po Lam ↔ Kwun Tong Ferry
• 93K- Po Lam ↔ Mong Kok East Station
• 93M- Po Lam ↺ Lam Tin Station
• 95- Tsui Lam ↔ Jordan (To Wah Road)
• 95M- Tsui Lam ↔ Kwun Tong (Elegance Road)
• 98A- Hang Hau (North) ↺ Ngau Tau Kok Station
• 98C- Hang Hau (North) ↔ Mei Foo
• N216- Yau Tong ↔ Hung Hom Station
• N293- Mong Kok East Station ↔ Sheung Tak

Citybus

Citybus (Hong Kong)

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• E22B- AsiaWorld-Expo ↔ Tseung Kwan O Po Lam
• N26- Tung Chung Station ↔ Yau Tong

Cross Harbour Tunnel Bus

• 601- Po Tat ↔ Admiralty (Drake Street)
• 601P- Po Tat → Sheung Wan (Wing Kut Street)

Minibus

• 34M- Hiu Lai Court ↺ Kwun Tong Yue Man Square
• 34S- Sau Mau Ping (Upper) ↺ Kwun Tong Yue Man Square
• 50- United Christian Hospital ↺ Kwun Tong Yue Man Square
• 60- Lam Tin (Kai Tin Estate) ↺ Shun Lee Estate
• 71A- Po Tat Estate ↺ Lam Tin Station
• 71B- Sau Mau Ping Estate Sau Chi House ↔ Lam Tin Station
• 76A- Lam Tin (Kwong Tin Estate) ↺ United Christian Hospital
• 76B- United Christian Hospital ↺ Yau Tong