CHINESE NAMES OF STREETS, &c. 



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Chinese Characters. 



HIS* 



nymmm 



mimmm 



Remarks as to Meaning:. 



(ii) i Two wells road.' 



(This name is not much used now. Form- 

 erly there were two wells at the foot 

 of Fort Canning just where High 

 Street joins Hill Street). 



(i) 'Foot of Government Hill.' 

 (Government Hill in the old days was Fort 

 Canning Hill). 



(ii)'End of the suspension bridge.' i.e. 

 the bridge connecting Hill Street and 

 New Bridge Road. 



1 ' Hok-lam' street.' 



('Hok-lam' is the chop of Lau Kim Pong 

 who owns many houses in this street). 



(i) ' The street where (horse) carriages are 

 made.' 



(ii) * Lower portions of ' Chhiang Thai ' 



Street.' 



(iii) ' ' Chhiang Thai ' lower street.' 

 (The street is called the ' lower part of 

 Chhiang Thai street,' because Uppei 

 Hokkien Street is 'Chhiang Thai ' 

 Street. ' Chhiang Thai' is the style of 

 a well known temple in the street). 



(i) ' The street behind the iron foundry in 

 1 small town ' (see Beach Road). 



R. A. Soc, No 42. 1904. 



