212 .. CHINESE .NAJMES OF STREETS IN PENANG. 



Cantonese, Ma-lai hiiin kai R^|||!|$jJi)fij " Malay theatre 

 street." 



Leith Street: Hokkien, Siang ho chhu cheng 4BU 

 ^f ]U " Siang ho's house front." - 



Light Street: Hokkien, Po le kbaii l$ft% P "Police 

 mouth" entrance to the Police Courts. Cantonese, Po-le-si chhiu 

 W%±m "Police front." 



Love Lane : Holckien Sek-lan-ni (Serani) hang iS fff^ 

 ^C Eurasian lane, this lane was formerly inhabited chiefly by- 

 Eurasians. 



Cantonese, PART I., between Farquhar Street and Muntri 



Street; Shap-tsz-ka lai-pai-thong pin ~f"^^ffi§^^j® 



Cross Church side" ; the church referred to is the church of 

 Assumption. 



PART II., between Muntri Street and Chulia Street. (1) 

 Ma shui hau JfTfCPf^ " double water pipe," formerly 

 there were two public stand-pipes there standing side by 

 side. (2) Lo pau miu kai j& JjSjijtjfij " 1° P au temple street " 

 the street where the Temple of the God of Carpentry is. This 

 lane is sometimes called lat-le hong by the Cantonese, lat-le 

 being a mispronunciation for Love Lane and hong meaning, lane. 



MacAlister Road : Hokkien, Tiong 16- F^j^ '! middle 

 road," i.e., the middle road of the six roads meeting at Magazine 

 Cantonese, Chung lo PJ1$§ 



MacCallum Street: Hokkien, Koe kang-a te go- tiau lo 



