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PART III., between Market Street and Chulia Street 

 Hokkien, Che-tike ^^Qfilj " chetty" street." from the chetty 

 money-lenders living there. 



Perak Road: Hokkien, Toa lo- ail A^§^ " bi £ 

 road back,"=behind the big- road. 



Phee Choon Lane: Hokkien^ Phi Chun lo; 3l$ci$i 

 Phe Choon is a part of the name of Mr. Li Phee Choon. 



Pitt Lane : Hokkien, Tio-chiu kong-si au }KJ^| l |<^wJ^ 

 " Te-chiu Kong-si back,'' behind the Te-chiu Kong-si house in 

 Chulia Street, where it joins Queen's Street. Cantonese, Chhiu 



Chau Kung-si au ^jj^l^n]^ 



Pitt Street: PART I., between Light Street and China 

 Street. Hokkien, Koan im teng cheng ® : S*^^IJ " K° an im 

 temple front," front of the temple of the Goddess of Mercy. 

 The Straits-born women often pronounce Klam or Kolam instead 

 rfkoanim,by way of contraction. Cantonese, Kun yam miu 



Part II., between China Street and Chulia Steet. Hokkien, 

 Toa ba-lai ^^|^ "bigbalei"; the Balei is the Pitt Street 

 Police Station. Cantonese, Tai mata liu ^C Jjr-fT^§£ ■" big 

 police house." 



Part III., between Chulia Street and Armenian Street. 

 Hokkien, Toa chiii chi u "-^-t[^^|: " big water well "; formerly 



there was a big water tank there. Cantonese, Tai mun lau kai-si 

 AP^tfifijrtJ " Chulia Street market." [Vide Chulia Street 



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