This is a 1982 photograph depicting three-storey shophouses along Keong Saik Road, from the corner of Jiak Chuan Road, towards New Bridge Road. Keong Saik Road was named in 1926 after Tan Keong Saik, a prominent merchant and an educationalist. The road, located in the Chinatown area, was given conservation status on 7 July 1989. Title devised by Library staff.

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

Subjects

• Streets--Singapore--Chinatown--Photographs
• Shophouses--Singapore--Chinatown--Photographs
• Chinatown (Singapore)--Photographs