Java Road Explained

Java Road
Location:	North Point, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Terminus A:	Junction of Electric Road and Tin Chong Street
Terminus B:	King's 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 (Chinese: 爪哇輪船公司; known outside the Netherlands as Royal Interocean Lines, RIL)–itself named for the island of Java in Indonesia (then Netherlands East Indies)—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 (; Kwik Djoen Eng in Hokkien; after whom Chun Yeung Street was named),^{[1] [2]} across whose reclaimed land (between Tin ChongStreet^[3] and Tong Shui Road, the current water's edge and King's Road) it runs. Java was the source of his sugar.^[4]

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 (from G/F to 1/F), the Java Road Cooked Food Centre (2/F), 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 (from 3/F to 5/F).
• No. 222. Customs Headquarters Building
• No. 303. ICAC Building
• No. 333. North Point Government Offices

See also

• List of streets and roads in Hong Kong

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kwik Djoen Eng / Kwok Chun Yeung (郭春映) – North Point streets – The Industrial History of Hong Kong Group. industrialhistoryhk.org. 28 March 2023.
2. Web site: Djoen-Eng KWIK (Aka KWOK Chun-Yeung / 郭春映 / The Java Sugar King) [1895-1935] | Gwulo .
3. Web site: HEC quarters - Semi-detached building on land bounded by Electric Rd / Tin Chong St / King's Road [????-c.1959] | Gwulo .
4. https://gwulo.com/node/46128 Djoen-Eng KWIK (aka KWOK Chun-Yeung / / The Java Sugar King) [1895-1935]