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Singapore's Chinatown is known as Niu che shui [b] in Mandarin, Gû-chia-chúi in Hokkien, and Ngàuh-chē-séui in Cantonese - all of which mean "bullock water-cart" - and Kreta Ayer in Malay, [c] which means "water cart". This is due to the fact that Chinatown's water supply was principally transported by animal-driven carts in the 19th century.
Smith Street (Chinese: 史密斯街 shǐ mì sī jiē) is a small street running through the heart of the Chinatown district in Singapore. The only road in the area to be named after a European, it commemorates the hugely popular Sir Cecil Clementi Smith, then Governor of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner in 1887 to 1893, who was a ...
Upper Cross Street ( Chinese: 克罗士街上段) is a street located in Chinatown within the Outram Planning Area in Singapore. The street starts after Cross Street at the junction of Cross Street and South Bridge Road, with the street ending at the junction of Chin Swee Road, Havelock Road and Clemenceau Avenue. The street then continues on ...
Yue Hwa Building (Chinese: 裕华大厦; pinyin: Yùhuá dàshà) is a historic building located at the junction of Eu Tong Sen Street and Upper Cross Street in Chinatown, Singapore, next to Chinatown MRT station. Built by Swan and Maclaren in 1927, it was then the tallest building in Chinatown and was known as Nam Tin Building (南天大厦 ...
Telok Ayer Street, one of the earliest thoroughfares in downtown Singapore. Telok Ayer Street (/ ˈtəloʊk ˌɑːeɪ /) is a street located in Singapore's Chinatown within the Outram district, linking Church Street to Cecil Street. Telok Ayer MRT station is located at the junction of Cross Street and this road.
Temple Street, Singapore, shophouses. The street name Temple refers to the Sri Mariamman Temple, the oldest Hindu temple in Singapore, which is located at the South Bridge Road end of the street. It was established in 1827 by Narayana Pillay, who came from Penang in the company of Stamford Raffles during the latter's second visit to Singapore ...
Sago Street. Coordinates: 1°16′53.8″N 103°50′39.7″E. Sago Street in Chinatown, Singapore. Sago Street (traditional Chinese: 碩莪街; simplified Chinese: 硕莪街) is a street located in Chinatown within the Outram Planning Area of Singapore. There is a Trengganu Street that links Sago Street to Smith Street, Temple Street and ...
New Majestic Hotel. Coordinates: 1°16′45.4″N 103°50′25.5″E. The New Majestic Hotel (extreme right) is now a boutique hotel in Singapore's Bukit Pasoh Road. The New Majestic Hotel, on Bukit Pasoh Road in Singapore 's Chinatown is a hotel built in 1928. The building originally consisted of four shophouses and a restaurant.