- Anderson Road
Anderson Road (zh-tspcy|t=安達臣道|s=安达臣道|p=Āndáchén Dào|cy=ngon1 daat6 san4 dou6) is a
road on the eastern border of theNew Territories andNew Kowloon inHong Kong . It starts near the junction ofClear Water Bay Road andNew Clear Water Bay Road , aboveShun Lee Estate , and runs southeast windingly toTsiu Lan Shue (蕉欄樹) and continues eastward on the hills aboveSau Mau Ping , and finally endsPo Lam Road inMa Yau Tong .The east side of road is a hill of
Tai Sheng Tok . The hill top become a largequarry ,Anderson Road Quarry , and was removed over years. The quarry, together with those inShek O andLam Tei , are only three quarries still operating in Hong Kong. As the quarry is on the ridge surroundingKowloon , it is considered that the quarry damages the beauty and thefungshui ofVictoria Harbour . Recovering effort, including plantation, is in progress.History
The road is one of earliest roads that built by
British Army after British got the lease of New Territories fromQing in1899 . It is named afterWilliam John Anderson , Controller of Stores inGovernment Supplies ofHong Kong Government .The original road was more longer than its present. After reaching
Lau Tong , present-day Ma Yau Tong, it ran south to west slope of Black Hill andHai Wan (present-dayChiu Keng Wan Shan ). It further went south to near the top of Devil's Peak and ended nearSam Ka Tsun (present-daySam Ka Tsuen ). This road section later partly overlapped with the Stage 3 ofWilson Trail .The road was commented in military as a road suitable for man-handled guns.
Facilities
Only few stores, farmlands, the quarry, warehouses are located beside the road.
Haven of Hope Sunnyside School is sited on the Po Lam end of the road.Public Transports
Since the cancellation of KMB Bus Route 90 (
Tiu Keng Leng <->Choi Hung ) at 1996, there is no any public transports by way of Anderson Road. However, you may take the buses which will go to the destination viaPo Lam Road orClear Water Bay Road and get off at Anderson Road bus stop.ee also
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