210 CHINESE NAMES OF STREETS IN PENANG. 
Keng Kwee Street: Hokkien, Kéng küi ke EE BJ {H 
named after Captain Ah Quee, who built this street and connect- 
ed it with Penang Road. Cantonese, Keng kwai kai BE Ht 
Kimberley Street: (1) Hokkien, Tio-chiu ke йй) ҮЛ tH 
Te chiu is the name of a prefecture in the Quang-tung Province 
in South China, better known as Chao-chow-fu КЕШ 
from which the Te-chiu people come. This street is so called 
because formerly there were many China-born Te-chiu prostitutes 
living there. Owing, howerer, to the prohibition of female emi- 
gration from Swatow, which is the sea-port of Chao-chow-fu, 
by the Chinese Government upon representations being made by 
the Te-chiu merchants in the Straits Settlements, all Te-chiu 
prostitutes have since disappeared from this street. Cantonese, 
Chiu chau mui kai WWM WKF “chiu chau girl street.” (2) 
Hokkien, Soa"-thaü ke WES *Swatow street." (3) Hok- 
kien, М1" soa" ke JR * vermicelli street," so called after 
the vermicelli makers there. (4) Hokkien, Sv Ti" kong-si ke 
ЖЩ Hf after the Kong-si house of the seh Ti" clan, 
which was formerly in this street. ( 5) Hokkien, Phah soh-á hang 
FT FH AS “striking rope street” formerly there were some 
rope makers’ shops there. (Rope Walk is sometimes called by 
this name a'so.) 
King Street: Parr I., between Light Street and Bishop 
Street. Hokkien, Kaü-keng-chhu ап Jp fH JE% “Penang 
Street back" (vile Penang Street, Part I.) 
PART IL, between Bishop Street and China Street. (1) 
