This 1993 photograph shows Thong Bee Road, from Sembawang Road. It shows a view of a rural street with shops housed in single-storey buildings on both sides. Several cars and a pick-up truck can be seen parked along the roadside. Thong Bee Road is named after Lim Nee Soon's shop in Beach Road. Lim Nee Soon (1879 - 1936), was a respected community leader and an influential businessman in Singapore. Title devised by library staff.

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From the Lee Kip Lin Collection. All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.

Subjects

• Architecture and Landscape>>Streets and Places
• Architecture and Landscape>>Building Types>>Commercial Buildings
• Sembawang (Singapore)--Photographs
• Streets--Singapore--Sembawang--Photographs
• Stores, Retail--Singapore--Sembawang--Photographs
• Vehicles--Singapore--Sembawang--Photographs