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Telok Ayer Street was originally a coastal road along the Telok Ayer Bay and was named after the bay. [1] On George Drumgoole Coleman's 1836 Map of Singapore, it was known as Teluk Ayer Street. [1] The Chinese name for the street is da bo gong miao jie which refers to the Fuk Tak Chi Temple located on Telok Ayer street.
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The street was given many names by the local Chinese based on the landmarks located there. In Hokkien, it was called the ma cho keng au (rear of the Ma Cho Temple), in Cantonese, the kun yam miu hau kai (behind the Kun Yam temple). In both dialects, it referred to Thian Hock Keng located on Telok Ayer Street where both goddesses were worshipped ...
Its clan house is located at Telok Ayer Street in the Outram Planning Area, within the Central Area. The Ying Fo Fui Kun clan house building was constructed in 1881-1882. Ying Fo Fui Kun was the first Hakka association in Singapore and once housed the Ying Sin School ( 應新學校 ) from 1905 to 1971.
The temple is located on Telok Ayer Street and originally faced the sea; the Telok Ayer Street used to be situated along the coastline before land reclamation work began in the 1880s. Starting in 1839, the temple was rebuilt with funds collected over the years and donations from the community, the largest of which was from Tan Tock Seng , a ...
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Stanley Street (Chinese: 史坦利街) is a one-way street in the Telok Ayer area of Chinatown, Singapore. It lies on the boundary between the Downtown Core and Outram Planning Area . The street links McCallum Street to Boon Tat Street .