This 1993 photograph shows Tanjong Katong Road (from opposite Bournemouth Road, northwards). Tanjong Katong is Malay for turtle point. Katong is the name of a species of sea turtles now extinct. The name can also mean the rippling effect of a mirage across the shoreline. Title devised by Library staff.

Credit Line

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

Subjects

• Streets--Singapore--Photographs
• Commercial buildings--Singapore--Photographs
• Automobiles--Singapore--Photographs