190 CHINESE NAMES OF STREETS, &c, 



VII, Chinese names of places in Selangor, 



English. 



Ampang 



Chinese. 



Om-pang 



Bangi 



Batang Benar . , 

 Batu 



Batu Tiga 



Beranang 



Man-yi 



Pat-tang mei-na 

 Wa-tu 



Sam thiu shek . . . 



Characters. 



Fu-lu-ngan 



asjm 



Remarks. 



The village between the 

 3rdand4th milestones 

 on the Kuala Lumpur 

 Ampang road is Pun- 

 kong, i.e., 'the half 

 way mines,' or, 'the 

 mines half-way bet- 

 ween Ampang and 

 Kuala Lumpur.' 



The Hokkiens call it 

 Ban-gi. 



,e. three (mile)-stones, 

 because Batu Tiga is 

 3 miles from Daman- 

 sara, where sam-pans 

 discharged cargo in 

 pre-railroad days. 



This name is also ap- 

 plied indiscriminately 

 to some other places 

 in the same district, 

 e.g., Blau and Broga. 

 It is apparently pho- 

 netic. 



Jour, Straits Branch 



