216 CHINESE NAMES OF STREETS IN PENANG. 
Hokkien, pus chiak chhù  chéng ж щч ОШ “ ‘Leng Cheak’s 
house fron 
PART Bn about the Prangin Ditch. Hokkien, Тіай kió {ай 
Ip TAPE "suspension bridge head," i. e. the bridge over 
the Prangin Ditch. This name is sometimes, though improperly, 
applied, to those parts of Prangin Road, Maxwell, Road and 
Burmah Road which join Penang Road at the Prangin Ditch; 
the general name for the whole district round about here is 
Titi Papan, meaning wooden bridge. Cantonese, Tiu khiu thau 
fi BE : | 
PART IV., about the Magazine Police Station. Hokkien, 
bâng chhia teng pai koan A Beye ee * rickshaw nailing 
= the rickshaw registration department. 
Рб Street: PART I., betweeen Light Street a and 
Bishop Street. Hokkien, Кай keng chhü Ju fa] JH * nine 
houses"; formerly there were only nine housees in this part of 
Penang Street onthe right hand side as one goes; up from 
Light Street. 
PART IL, between Bishep Street and Market Street. (1) 
Hokkien, Kái-tang ke E mtt Küi"-tang = Quang-tung Pro- 
vince in Southern China and ke — street ; so called because this 
part of Penang Street is principally occupied by Cantonese shop- 
keepers. Cantonese, Kwong-tung kai ie Wit kwong-tung = 
Quang tung Province; kai — street. (2) Hokkien, Má-káu ke 
I2: (B “ Macao Street"; Cantonese, Thong-yan kai НЕ ДЫ 
“ Chinamen’s street”; the word Chinaman refers to the Canton- 
ese in distinction from the Hokkiens, whom the former considered 
to be foreigners on account of their different provinciality. 
