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  2. Chinatown, Singapore - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Cross Street - Wikipedia

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    The street, one of the oldest streets in Singapore, was built shortly after Sir Stamford Raffles founded modern Singapore in 1819, and appeared in Raffles' Town Plan of Chinatown. Cross Street was originally an Indian residential area where Indian boatmen lived and operated their shops, mainly selling Goat milk , mutton and herbs. [ 1 ]

  4. Yue Hwa Building - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Pagoda Street - Wikipedia

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    Pagoda Street (Chinese: 宝塔街; pinyin: bǎo tǎ jiē) is a street located in Chinatown within the Outram Planning Area in Singapore. The road links New Bridge Road and South Bridge Road, but has since been converted to a pedestrian mall to Chinatown MRT station at its New Bridge Road end.

  6. Trengganu Street - Wikipedia

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    Trengganu Street (Chinese: 丁加奴街; pinyin: Dīngjiānú Jiē) is a street located in Chinatown within the Outram Planning Area in Singapore. It is named after Terengganu, a state in the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The road links Pagoda Street and Sago Street, and is intersected by Temple Street and Smith Street.

  7. Club Street - Wikipedia

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    The street was named Club Street due to its abundance of Chinese clubs in early Singapore history. [1] Clubs such as the Chinese Weekly Entertainment Kee Lam Club, a Straits-Chinese club formed in 1891, Chui Lan Teng Club, mainly for Chinese businessman to socialise and the Ee Hoe Hean Club, an exclusive prestigious Chinese club in the 1920s are located at the street which leads to competitive ...

  8. Category:Chinatown, Singapore - Wikipedia

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  9. McCallum Street - Wikipedia

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    Before the official naming of the street, the street was called tit lok a-ek bue-tiau koi in Hokkien, meaning the "last street in Telok Ayer" as it was unnamed. [2]In 1895, after the town area of Singapore is levelled and drained and the area divided into various, various public streets were declared in the new area, including McCallum Street.