Kim Pong Road building : exterior [1]



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19 Jan 1992

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This 1992 photograph shows Kim Pong Road, with a view of a four-storey building. The road which is in Tiong Bahru area, was named after Low Kim Pong, from Amoy, whose firm Chop Ban San became the largest druggist. He had a private banking business even before the establishment of Chinese banks in Singapore. Title devised by Library staff.


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Tiong Bahru (Singapore)--Photographs

Apartments--Singapore--Tiong Bahru--Photographs

Roads--Singapore--Tiong Bahru--Photographs

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Buildings

Streets

Residential buildings

Streets and Places

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

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