Po Lam
Encyclopedia
Po Lam is an area in the northern part of Tseung Kwan O
Tseung Kwan O
Tseung Kwan O is a bay in Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong. In the northern tip of the bay lies the Tseung Kwan O Village....

, New Territories
New Territories
New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory. Historically, it is the region described in The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory...

, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

. The name of the area came from the first road in Tseung Kwan O, the Po Lam Road
Po Lam Road
Po Lam Road is a road in Hong Kong that links Sau Mau Ping in New Kowloon and the new town of Tseung Kwan O in the New Territories.-History:...

, built in 1950s. An MTR
MTR
Mass Transit Railway is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. Originally opened in 1979, the system now includes 211.6 km of rail with 155 stations, including 86 railway stations and 69 light rail stops...

 station with the same name is located there.

Public Estates

  • Po Lam Estate (寶林邨). Note that the character "Lam" used in the estate is different from the one in the name of the area.
  • King Lam Estate

Private Estates

  • Well On Garden
  • Finery Park
  • The Pinnacle
  • Radiant Towers
    Radiant Towers
    Radiant Towers is a private housing estate in Po Lam, Tseung Kwan O, New Territories, Hong Kong, developed by Hong Kong Housing Society and located next to the MTR Po Lam Station....

  • Serenity Place
  • Metro City
    Metro City (Hong Kong)
    Metro City is the largest private housing estate and shopping centre in Tseung Kwan O, New Territories, Hong Kong, developed by Henderson Land Development. Built on the reclaimed land in Po Lam, the estate is developed into 3 phases...

     Phase I - III
  • Verbena Height

Primary Schools

  • King Lam Catholic Primary School
  • Lok Sin Tong Lau Tak Primary School
  • S.T.F.A. Leung Kit Wah Primary School
  • Po Leung Kuk Luk Hing Too Primary School
  • SKH Tseung Kwan O Kei Tak Primary School
  • TWGHs Wong Yee Jar Jat Memorial Primary School

Secondary Schools

  • Carmel Divine Grace Foundation Secondary School
  • MKMCF Ma Chan Duen Hey Memorial College
  • STFA Cheng Yu Tung Secondary School
  • Tseung Kwan O Government Secondary School
  • TWGHs Lui Yun Choy Memorial College
  • Yan Chai Hospital Lan Chi Pat Memorial Secondary School
  • VTC Yeo Chei Man Senior Secondary School
  • WEO Chang Pui Chung Memorial School
  • King Ling College
  • Po Leung Kuk Laws Foundation College

Public Centers

  • Tseung Kwan O Sports Centre
  • Tseung Kwan O Public Swimming Pool
  • Tseung Kwan O Public Library

Transport

MTR
MTR
Mass Transit Railway is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. Originally opened in 1979, the system now includes 211.6 km of rail with 155 stations, including 86 railway stations and 69 light rail stops...

  • Po Lam Station

KMB
  • 91M- Po Lam ↔ Diamond Hill Station
  • 93A- Po Lam ↔ Kwun Tong Ferry
  • 93K- Po Lam ↔ Mong Kok East Station
  • 93M- Po Lam ↺ Lam Tin Station (Rush Time Service)
  • 98A- Hang Hau (North) ↺ Ngau Tau Kok Station
  • 98C- Hang Hau (North) ↔ Mei Foo
  • 98D- Hang Hau (North) ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
  • 98P- Hong Shing Garden ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Rush Time Service)
  • 98S- LOHAS Park ↔ Mei Foo (Rush Time Service)
  • 296M- Hong Shing Garden ↔ Hang Hau Station
  • 297- Hang Hau (North) ↔ Hung Hom Ferry
  • 893- Sha Tin Racecourse → Hong Shing Garden
  • N293- Sheung Tak ↔ Mong Kok East Station

NWFB
  • 694- Tiu Keng Leng Station ↔ Siu Sai Wan Estate
  • 798- Tiu Keng Leng Station ↔ Fo Tan (Shan Mei Street)

Citybus
Citybus (Hong Kong)
Citybus Limited is one of the three major bus operators in Hong Kong. It provides both franchised and non-franchised bus service. The franchised route network serves mainly Hong Kong Island, cross-harbour routes , Ocean Park, North Lantau and Hong Kong International Airport...

  • E22A- AsiaWorld-Expo ↔ Tseung Kwan O Po Lam
  • E22B- AsiaWorld-Expo ↔ Tseung Kwan O Po Lam (Rush Time Service)
  • E22S- Tung Chung (Yat Tung Estate) ↔ Tseung Kwan O Po Lam (Rush Time Service)
  • N29- Tung Chung Station (via Airport) ↔ Tseung Kwan O Po Lam

Cross Harbour Tunnel Bus
  • 690- Hong Shing Garden ↔ Central (Exchange Square)
  • 690P- Hong Shing Garden ↔ Central (Exchange Square) (Rush Time Service)
  • N691- Tiu Keng Leng ↔ Central (Macau Ferry)

See also

  • Po Lam Road
    Po Lam Road
    Po Lam Road is a road in Hong Kong that links Sau Mau Ping in New Kowloon and the new town of Tseung Kwan O in the New Territories.-History:...

     - A road linking Po Lam and Sau Mau Ping
    Sau Mau Ping
    Sau Mau Ping is an area in eastern New Kowloon, Hong Kong.Its Chinese name was formerly So Mau Ping , but this was often mis-rendered So Mo Ping , meaning a place to 'visit one's ancestors'. In fact, during World War II, much of the area was used as a cemetery...

    , New Kowloon
    New Kowloon
    New Kowloon is an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong, bounded in the south by Boundary Street, and in the north by the ranges of the Lion Rock, Beacon Hill, Tate's Cairn and Kowloon Peak...

    .
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK