- Cox's Road, Hong Kong
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Cox's Road (traditional Chinese: 覺士道; simplified Chinese: 觉士道; pinyin: Juéshì Dào; Cantonese Yale: gok3 si6 dou6) is a road in Jordan, Hong Kong between Austin Road and Jordan Road.
It is bordered on its east side for most of its length by the Kowloon Cricket Club.
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Naming
The road was named after lessor, same as the nearby street, the Cox's Path. James Cox was a drug trade merchant who did smuggling, selling and doing deals with opium. In 1782, he started out by selling mechanical novelties in Canton but soon changed into the profitable business. Mr James Cox was obliged to leave China and eventually he had gone into real estate dealing in Hong Kong. James owned the leases on a number of the lots which ran Cox's Road and Cox's Path.
See also
Reference
- "Street Names and Their Origins" Hong Kong's vol.1 - by Frena Bloomfield
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Coordinates: 22°18′17″N 114°10′24″E / 22.30461°N 114.17344°E
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