Java Road

Java Road is a street in North Point on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It runs from the junction of Electric Road and Tin Chong Street in Fortress Hill to meet King's Road in Quarry Bay, near.

History

Completed in 1933, the road was named after the Dutch shipping firm Koninklijke Java-China Paketvaart Lijnen –itself named for the island of Java in Indonesia —which had its operational headquarters there for much of the 20th century. The company provided sea routes between Hong Kong, Shanghai, Jakarta, Medan, Surabaya, Makassar and elsewhere. The Chinese name of the road was originally. The road name is also associated with the sugar importing empire of , across whose reclaimed land it runs. Java was the source of his sugar.
There was a Java Road Elementary School near the North Point Ferry Pier; it has since closed.

Features

Buildings along the street include:

No. 99. Java Road Municipal Services Building. In the building, there is a market, the Java Road Cooked Food Centre, a sports centre with facilities including a basketball court, three squash courts, a dance room, children's soft play room, and an American pool room.
No. 222. Customs Headquarters Building
No. 303. Independent [Commission Against Corruption |ICAC] Building
No. 333. North Point Government Offices