CHINESE NAMES OF STREETS, &c. 



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Chinese Characters. 



t$fr& 



mnm 





mm& 



Remarks as to Meaning. 



< White-wash ' (?) 



(Sua-pu is said to be the Malay 'sapu;' 

 but no information is forthcoming as 

 to the reason for the name, which I 

 suppose be due to the houses there 

 being once given an extra coat of 

 whitewash). 



(i) & (ii) ( The side of the stream in the 

 Tek-kha (or Selegie Road) district.' 



(This only refers to the lower end of the 

 Bukit Timah Road. The Wayang 

 Satu and Bukit Timah village parts 

 are differently called ; see under the 

 country districts.) 



(i) ' Beside the Kampong Malacca Stream. 

 (This name is practically obsolete.) 



(ii) ' The street behind the 



(office)' i. e. the Chinese Protectorate. 



Pickering 



(iii) ' Stone breaking.' 



(This is the general name for Havelock 



Road, but the name is also applied to 



Canal Road.) 



(iv) ' Refuse sweeping carts.' 



(Municipal refuse carts are stationed here. 



' End of (Bukit) Pasoh.' 



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



