CHINESE NAMES OF STREETS, &c. 



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Kampong Malacca district and no Chin- 

 aman would think of giving the name 

 quoted, but would be content with the 

 indefinite expression ' Kam-kong Ma- 

 lak-kah .' The neighbourhood contains 

 but few Cantonese, and they would 

 use ' Kam-pong Ma-lak-kah.' 



'The 'chui-lan' pavilion'. (There used to be 

 a club on this hill, known by this 

 name). 



(i) 'The cul-de-sac in ' Tek KhaV (Tek 

 Kha' means 'foot of the bamboos ' and 

 is the universal name for all the Selegie 

 Road neighbourhood). 



(ii) ' The third (street) opposite the ' Tek- 

 kha' pawnshop.' (There is a pawnshop 

 in Selegie Road, and opposite it three 

 narrow lanes lead off, viz. Veerappa 

 Chetty lane, Nagapa lane, and this 

 one.) 



(i) 'Old idol street.' (There 

 temple at Tanjong Pagar.) 



is an old 



(ii) ' From the old market going to Tanjong 

 Pagar (along) the shore, that street'. 

 These names are such as may be used 

 by Hokkiens. I can find no Cantonese 

 name. Far a great part of the road 



R. A. Soc. No. 42, 1904 



