CHINESE NAMES OF STREETS, &c. 



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Chinese Characters. 



Remarks as to Meaning. 



mm® 



?ih^ 



(This is apparently what the name means, 

 but it has been suggested to me that 

 1 Sai-pak mun ' is simply a Cantonese 

 curruption of sit-lat mng). 



(i)'Head of New Street.' 

 (New Street is Chin Hin street.) 



(ii) ' Tiechiu Street.' 



(The street was at one time largely occupi- 

 ed by Teochew women.) 



(i) < Head of the Bed Bridge.' 

 (The ' Bed bridge is that connecting Thom- 

 son Boad and Kampong Java Boad.) 



(ii) ' Vermicelli buildings.' 



(iii) ' Hailam hill i.e. ' burying-place.' 

 (iv) ' Pek Shan theng (cemetery)'. 



1 Head of the Spirit depot (quarter) in 



Havelock Boad district'. 

 ( cf Beng Hoon Boad.) 



' Mouth of the Cho Su Kong temple.' 

 (cf ) 



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



