CHINESE NAMES OF STREETS, &c. 



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Chinese Characters. 



%mm%&® 



mmw'b 



Remarks as to meaning. 



mmm& 



PEE; 



' The iron market cul-de-sac' 

 (The iron market is the market built of 

 iron, i.e. Clyde Terrace Market). 



(i) 'Small-town sea shore.' 



( ' Sio-po ' is ' small town ' i. e. that part 

 of Singapore to the north of the 

 Stamford Road Canal, as opposed to 

 ' toa-po ' or big town, the Singapore 

 river end of the town.) 



(ii) ' 'Kampong' sea shore.' 



(Kampong means Kampong Glam, and is 



practically the Cantonese equivalent 



for 'sio-po.') 



(iii) ' Iron market ' i. e. the street to which 

 the iron market opens or faces (see 

 Beach Lane). 



Bf&Bm^ftP&fl? (i^'Tanjong Rhu European foundry 



opposite.' (This would seem to be a 

 roundabout way of describing Beach 

 Road, and would probably only be 

 used as explanatory of (ii) (but I heard 

 it used). 



(v) 'Chop 'Ban Heng' rice-mill.' 



f^T^y^l^^^^ ( vi ) ' The street a l on g tlie snore near tne 



Hailam kongsi-house. 



R. A. Soc, No. 42, 1904. 



