Chin Hin Street, from Merchant Road : general view



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01 Apr 1983

Photographed By Lee, Kip Lin

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This 1983 photograph shows Chin Hin Street, now an expunged road, from Merchant Road. Two-storey shophouses line both sides of the street. Some of the shophouses have awnings to protect the goods that are placed at the lower floor of the shophouses. The side view of a more modern building can be seen in the background. Title devised by Library staff.


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

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