Island House, Hong Kong

Island House is a historical building located on Island House Lane, Yuen Chau Tsai (元洲仔), Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.

[1] Built in 1906,[1] Island House served as the residence for the first British Police Magistrate appointed in 1898.

The last resident of the Island House was Sir David Akers-Jones, who became the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong in 1985.

To increase public understanding and participation in biodiversity monitoring WWF Hong Kong have been increasingly getting involved in Citizen Science,[2] incorporating iNaturalist and the City Nature Challenge activities into their sites across Hong Kong including Island House.

[3] Island House is one of the declared monuments of Hong Kong since 1983.