Tiong Bahru Road : general view



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01 Jan 1985

Photographed By Lee, Kip Lin

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This 1985 photograph shows Tiong Bahru Road (from Tiong Poh Road). A sign which points to Singapore General Hospital can be seen to the left of the photograph. Tiong Bahru Road is derived from the Hokkien word tiong, meaning tombs, and the Malay word bahru, meaning new. Title devised by Library staff.


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Streets--Singapore--Photographs

Roads--Singapore--Interchanges and intersections--Photographs

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Streets

Streets and Places

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

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