CHINESE NAMES STREETS IN PENANG. 213 



M^ff^^El^fi^? "P assed rivulet, number five street" 

 i. e., the fifth street after crossing- the Prangin Ditch from Beach 

 Street. Cantonese, Kwo kong chai san lo jjB flJ^fj^fft £ 

 Magazine (the open space formed by the intersection of 

 the six roads in front of the Magazine Police Station). {\) Hokkien, 

 Chheng i6h keng ^^$jj|^j " gun-powder depot" formerly the 



Government gun-powder magazine was there. Cantonese, Fo 

 yeuk kuk ^f|£ 1§ (2) Hokkien, Go- pha teng jt$$$it 

 "the five lamps" referring to the Municipal lamp-post which 

 holds five lamps. Cantonese, Ng chan tang 3l3S'||£ (3) Hok- 

 kien, Lak chhe lo- /^^CH?^ "the intersection of six roads" 

 viz., Magazine Road, Gladstone Road, Penang Road, MacAIister 

 Road, Dato Kramat Road and Brick-kiln Road. The Malay ver- 

 sion of this name is Simpang Anam. Cantonese, Luk a lo y^^£ j?§ 



Magazine Road: Hokkien, Koe kang-a te it (or thau) 

 tiaii lo- j/S^jf-ffj^r" — '{$$$1 "passed rivulet, number one 

 street," i.e., the first street after crossing Prangin Ditch from 

 Beach Street. Cantonese, Kwo kong chai tai yat thiu lo ^S!^ 



Malay Street: Hokkien: Thai gift hang fiffi^ " kil1 " 

 ing cows lane," cattle were formerly slaughtered there for the 

 market. It is also called Thai gii au |?,J^.^ the back of the 

 place where cows were killed. Cantonese, Thong ngau hong. 



Malay Street Ghaut : Hokkien, Thai gu hang ld--thau 



