CHINESE NAMES OF STREETS IN PENAN G. 203 



Cannon Street : Hokkien, Toa Chheng Khang 

 *^C^^§ "big cannon hole," so called because during the 

 Penan * Riots the Government fired a cannon shot into this place 

 where the people of the Toa Peh Kong jAj'fft^ otherwise 

 known as the Kien Tek $||f^i Kong-si encamped. 



Carnarvon Street : Part I., between Chulia Street and 

 Campbell ^Street, Hokkien, Toa-mfu n -lau hoai ke ~^P^| ; ffl 

 ^Mf§ "Chulia Street, Cross Street" — the street branching 

 off from Chulia Street. Cantonese, Tai-mun-lau wang ka l 



Part II. between Campbell Street and the Station. 

 Hokkien, Hoan-a thiong ^(^^ "foreigners' cemetery" 

 the old Malay cemetery. Cantonese, Ma-lai fau |lfe|||Jt|| 



PART III., between Acheen Street and Prangin Road, 

 (1) Hokkien, Lam Chhan-a ^HJf£ " poor fields "-- swamp ; 

 it wasformerly nothing but a swamp. Cantonese, Chho thong 

 ffiijjl " grass pond "=swamp. (2) Hokkien, Si-kak Chi" |JIJ 

 -ffi dt « square well " ; formerly there was a square well near 

 the junction of Kimberley Street. (3) Hokkien, Ch4p-keng 

 chhu +^@ "ten houses" ; formerly there was a row of 

 ten houses of the same height there. (4) Hokkien, Si n Tiu a 



Kong-si ke ^^y^WJ^ calIed after the Kong-si house 

 of the seh Tiu clan. Cantonese, Shing Chung Kong-si kai 



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Carnarvon Lane: Hokkien, Kam-kong lai H^j^J 



