CHINESE NAMES OF STREETS, &c, 



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Chinese Characters 



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 Jtrao 





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Remarks as to Meaning. 



(i) ' Old market.' 



(ii) ' Gambling-house mouth.' 



'The Haisan kongsi street.' 

 (The kongsi house of this society once stood 

 in this street ) 



' Water-fairy gate.' 



(So called, it is said, because there was once 

 a public bathing place here: cf. north 

 Bridge Road, Singapore. One can 

 only grope at the reason why a public 

 bathing place should be called a 

 " water-fairy gate." It is a delightful 

 name anyhow.) 



(i) ' Kampong Ketek.' 

 (This is the Malay name.) 



(ii) ' Str jet of the goddess Kuan-im's 



temple.' 

 (This is the common Chinese name for the 



street derived from the large temple 



in the street.) 



(i) ' Dutch street.' 



(There were Dutch residences here in the 

 old days.) 



(ii) 'Precious metal street.' 

 (This name is nut common and I cannot 

 explain the meaning.) 



R. A. Soc, No. 42, 1904 



