CHINESE NAMES OF STREETS, &c. 



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Chine e Characters. 



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Remarks as to Meaning. 



(This only refers to that part of the road 

 which runs up to the People's Park.) 



' Foot of second Governor's hill. ' 

 (Formerly Government Hill was Fort Can- 

 ning and the Chinese still speak of Fort 

 Canning by that name. The present 

 Government Hill is called ' second 

 Governor hill ' to prevent confusion. 

 'Second Governor' is the idiom in 

 Colonial Secretary.) 



' Lo Lam's Street.' 



(I am told that one Lo Lam owns property 

 here, but the Hokkien pronunciation 

 ('Lo-Lim') sounds very like ' Noordin' 

 in disguise.) 



(i) 'In front of the ice-factory.' 



(ii) 'Behind the (road along tho) foot of 

 Fort Canning.' 



(iii) ' Chin Heng ' big house. 



(' Chin Heng' is the chop of Seah Liang Sean. 



This refers to the part lower down the 



river). 



(iv) 'Suspension-bridge rice-stores.' 



(i) 'Water -fairy gate.' 

 (See under Bain Court). 



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



