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again to Tanjong Pagar Road, forming a cresent or pair of ox-horns.
(i) 'Gambling houses' mouth. i.e. the street on to which the gambling houses open.
(ii) 'Gambling-hall street.'
(iii) 'Gi-Hin Kongsi house.'
(There was formerly a Kongsi-house of the old Gi-Hin Society here.)
'Bean-curd street.'
(i) 'Big town new little street.'
('Big town' is distinguished from 'small town,' which is across the Stamford Road canal; see under Beach Road. It is necessary to add the 'Big town' here, because there is another 'New Street'—Fraser Street—in 'small town.'
(ii) 'Tiechiu new street.'
(The district is largely inhabited by Tiechius, but the street itself is a Cantonese brothel street.)
(iii) 'New market new street.'
(New market' is the Ellenborough Market close by.)
