NATIVE NAMES OF STREETS IN SINGAPORE. 53 



Cheang Hong Lim Street. AWfF 

 Poeh Keng A — " The eight small houses." 



Chin Chew Street. fi^t^ 



Tan Hu Hoi — (l Beancake street," so called from the 

 beancake sellers who live there. Beancake is called by 

 Babas "Kweh Kovak." 



Chin Hin Street. Mi%\& 



Twa Po Sin Koi — " The new street of big Singapore." 



China Street, fttffijiiu or (2) JS£ll£ft£ Wl tijj[ 



Kiau Keng Cheng — "The front of the gambling houses." 

 Or (2) Hok Kien Ghi Hin Kong Si Cheng — " The front of 

 the Hokkien Ghi Hin Kongsi." 



Church Street IfPJ P or (2) ift^jjjg'g' P 



Kiau Keng Khau — " The mouth of the gambling houses."" 

 Or (2) Ngo Tai Tian Hok Kiong Khau — " The mouth of the 

 five generations the Tian Hok Temple." 



Circular Road. -f^rr^T^ or (2) i, 



Chap Sa Hang Au— " The back of the thirteen shops," 

 i. <?., the back of Boat Quay. Or (2) Chap Poet Keng Au — 

 " The back of the eighteen houses," i. e., Boat Quay. 



Clyde Street. ^EUL-ltTM^M^ 



Thi Pa Sat Ma Ta Chu Twi Bin Hang — " The lane oppo- 

 site the iron-market Police Station." 



Clyde Terrace. $lit5 P 



Ua Tiam Khau — " The mouth of the crockery shops. :j 

 There are many crockery shops in this street much patro- 

 nized by the Bugis traders. The Malay name is " Jalan 

 Kedei Pinggan Mangko." 



Coleman Street. ^MWM^ 



