Kampong Java Road, towards Thomson Road : general view | PictureSG

Kampong Java Road, towards Thomson Road : general view

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This 1984 photograph depicts a tree-lined Kampong Java Road (from Makeway Avenue towards Thomson Road). 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.

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Construction of road median by Public Works Department (PWD) at junction of Thomson Road and Keng Lee Road, looking towards Kampong Java Road. A section of Keng Lee Road can be seen on the left of the picture.
Junction of Thomson Road and Keng Lee Road, looking towards Kampong Java Road. A Morris Austin taxi is on the road. They were very popular in the 60s and came in different colours with some having strips running along the body of other contrasting colours. These smaller taxis had non-electronic meters. Once the taxi was hired, the driver would start the meter by turning a handle attached to the side of the meter and the lighted 'For Hire' sign on the left side of the dashboard facing the windscreen would go off.
Street scene at Newton Circus, a roundabout traffic junction