- Po Lam Road
Po Lam Road (zh-tspcy|t=寶琳路|s=宝琳路|p=Bǎolín Lù|cy=bou2 lam4 lou6) is a road in
Hong Kong that linksSau Mau Ping inNew Kowloon and thenew town ofTseung Kwan O in theNew Territories .History
In 1950s, when the
Hong Kong Government sent therefugee s ofKuomintang to the area of Rennie's Mill, some churches in Rennie's Mill built along part of the Po Lam Road (then calledAnderson Road , which was extended from the southern end of the present-day Anderson Road to the present-dayPo Lam Road South ). Until late 1980s, this road was only used by residents in Rennie's Mill.In late 1980s, when the first two
public housing estate s inPo Lam , Tseung Kwan O New Town -Po Lam Estate andTsui Lam Estate were built, it became the only link for Po Lam until theTseung Kwan O Tunnel was opened in 1990.Nowadays, although Po Lam Road is no longer the main road to Tseung Kwan O, some bus routes from Tseung Kwan O still use the Po Lam Road.
The "original" Po Lam Road and the Sau Mau Ping Extension
It starts from
Sau Mau Ping Road toMau Wu Chai .3 lines (2 to Po Lam until
Ma Yau Tong , 1 to Po Lam start from Ma Yau Tong)Po Lam Road North
It Starts from Mau Wu Chai to
King Lam Estate 3 lines (2 to
Kowloon ) up toPo Hong Road 4 lines (2 to King Lam and 2 to
Kowloon ) start from Po Hong RoadPo Lam Road South
It starts from Mau Wu Chai to the former
Tiu King Ling Police Station Except
minibus es to theHaven of Hope Hospital and Mau Wu Chai Residents, this road usually unused.Bus routes
*93A Po Lam
MTR Station --Kwun Tong Pier
*93K Po Lam MTR Station --Mong Kok East Station
*93M Po Lam MTR Station --Lam Tin (circular, limited service)
*95Tsui Lam -- Jordan
*95M Tsui Lam --Ngau Tau Kok MTR Station
*98AHang Hau MTR Station -- Ngau Tau Kok MTR Station(circular)
*98C Hang Hau MTR Station --Mei Foo
*690Hong Shing -- Central (Exchange Square)"Bus routes which start from
Po Tat Estate were not counted because they didn't have bus stop(s) in Po Lam Road."Residential towers
"Start from the
Kowloon side."
*Po Tat Estate
*Hong Shing Garden
*Tsui Lam Estate
*Po Lam Estate
*Ying Ming Court
*Yan Ming Court
*King Lam Estate ee also
*
List of streets and roads in Hong Kong External links
* [http://tkoweb.info/tkohistory/road.htm A simple history of Tseung Kwan O Roads (Chinese)]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=%E6%B3%A2%E6%A8%93%E8%B7%AF+%4022.317860,+114.234900&daddr=22.319942,114.245099&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=18&mra=dme&sll=22.319624,114.245496&sspn=0.002035,0.003648&ie=UTF8&ll=22.319455,114.239995&spn=0.008139,0.014591&z=16&om=1 Google Maps of Po Lam Road]
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