52 NATIVE NAMES OF STREETS IN SINGAPORE. 



tion to fcj$ " Twa Po "=" Big Singapore'' across the 

 river. Or (2) Thi Pa Sat Khau — " Iron market mouth." 

 The iron market is of course Clyde Terrace Market. 



Boat Quay. ffrftVkW (2) +Hff (3) + A!KJ 



( 4 ) &MM or ( 5 ) mm 



Tiam Pang Lo Thau — " The place to go for sampans.'' 

 " Tiam Pang "=sampans. " Lo Thau "=the beginning of 

 the way. Or (2) Chap Sa Hang — " The thirteen shops." 

 There is a street in Canton of the same name. Or (3) Chap 

 Poet Keng — " The eighteen houses." Or (4) Chvvi Chu Boi 

 — " Bathing house end." Or (5) Khoi Ki — " Stream bank." 



Bras Basah Road. 7&JW1I W P 



Lau Kha Ku Keng Khau—" Mouth of the old jail." " Kha 



Ku " literally " ankle chains." 



Buffalo Road. ^SfM^^t 



Kam Kong Ka La Bu (Kampong Kerbau) — "Kandang 

 Kerbau." 



Bukit Timah Road. M&$tM or (2) $flll$r 



Be Chia Lo Boi — " End of the horse-carriage street." 

 Meaning that the road ends at Kranji. Or (2) Sin Swa Lo — 

 "JohorRoad." " Sin Swa "=Johor, literally "New moun- 

 tain." 



Canal Road. fi£&Mj#cWP*§ 



Kam Kong Ma La Kak Kang — " The Kampong Malaka 

 stream." 



Canton Street. Wi&ffi 



Whe Koi Kia — "The small road that crosses," i.e., Boat 

 Quay and Circular Road. 



Carpenter Street. )$£fg$f or (2) Hffi§$J 



Hi Kwan Koi — " Wayang-house street." Or (2) Ghi Hok 

 Koi — " The street of the Ghi Iloks." 



