Chinese Names of Streets in Penang, 



By LO MAN YUK. 



Communicated hi) the Secretary. 



In making this little compilation, the compiler has followed 

 the example set before him by the late Mr. tl. T. Iiaughton who 

 published a list of street names of Singapore Town with their 

 Chinese equivalents in the Journal of the Straits Branch of the 

 Royal Asiatic Society in the June issue of 1891. The present 

 compilation may be taken as a fairly complete list of the names 

 of roads, streets and lanes in George Town with their respective 

 Chinese names as called by the Llokkiens and Cantonese, two of 

 the more important sections of the Chinese community in Penang, 

 as well as with notes explaining the meaning and giving the 

 derivation of the Chinese names. From a glance at these expla- 

 natory notes, it will be observed that the Chinese call their 

 streets generally after some prominent buildings or objects of 

 view, or the nationality of the people residing, or the particular 

 kind of business carried on, in the locality. There are, however, 

 some new and out-of-the-way places which have no Chinese 

 names but which are inserted here partly for the purpose of 

 making the list as complete as possible and partly for the pur- 

 pose of leaving space for the insertion of any Chinese names that 

 may be evolved in future. To this little compilation are appen- 

 ded (1) a list of some notable buildings and places in George 

 Town (2) a list of some district names in town and up-country, 

 (3) a list of the names of some islets in the vicinity of Penang 

 and (4) a list of names of some places in Province Wellesley and 

 Pindings ; all with their Chinese equivalents. In conclusion, the 

 compiler desires to express his best thanks to Mr. Cheam Cheow 

 Heng, the Senior Chinese Interpreter of the Police Courts, and 

 other friends for much valuable information concerning this com- 

 pilation. 



