Tiong Poh Road : general view [3]



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19 Jan 1992

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This 1992 photograph shows Tiong Poh Road, with a view of a street lined on both sides with low-rise commercial and apartment buildings. Tiong Poh Road was named after Koh Tiong Poh, founder of Chop Bun Hin & Co, steamship owners with branches in Hong Kong, Penang, Swatow and Amoy. 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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