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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 Po Lam Road.
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flats serving a residential population of 25,000 is in progress. The development is expected to accept its first residents in 2023–24.
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Map of the old Anderson Road, only sections in blue survived, while most others disappeared in late 1960s or 2016
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It is unclear after whom the road is named. While some claimed William John Anderson, Controller of Stores in
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Planning for a major development of the 40-hectare site (called 'ARQ' or 'ARQS') for around 9400 private and
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The road was described in military materials as "a road suitable for manhandled guns".
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Only a few stores, farmland, the quarry and warehouses are located beside the road.
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who proposed the construction of passage between Customs Pass (now near
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to move the troops, which resembles much of the old Anderson Road.
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The original road was longer than at present. After reaching
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Anderson Road Quarry and surrounding development site in 2014
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after the British got the lease of New Territories from the
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https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/2019dc/final/dc2019j.pdf
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hill. From 1964, the hilltop was developed as a large
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were built, it was the only link to Po Lam until the
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New Territories
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