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Cheang Wan Seng Place roadsign (1 August 2017)
Cheang Wan Seng Place is a short no-through-road in downtown Singapore. It is located within the Raffles Place subzone of the Downtown Core, within Postal District 01. The road connects on the one end to Cross Street. It is a service road for the buildings in the area which includes the Manulife Tower, IOB Building, TPI Building and ISCA House.
According to Singapore Street Names1, Cheang Wan Seng Place was named after 19th century tycoon Cheang Hong Lim's (1825-1893) company, Chop Wan Seng. Cheang, whose name Hong Lim lives on in various properties in Singapore, including Hong Lim Complex and Hong Lim Green, established a school here. The road was called in Hokkien as 酒廊邊 (Taiji: Ciu1 Long1 Pni1
; Church Romanisation: chiú-lóng-piⁿ, Taiwanese Romanisation: tsiú-lóng-pinn). According to What's in the Name2, Cheang Wan Seng Place became a public street in 1901.
Map of Cheang Wan Seng Place, Singapore
Cheang Wan Seng Place roadsign (1 August 2017)
Cheang Wan Seng Place Singapore on Google Street View
Cheang Wan Seng Place Singapore (Dec 2022)References
- Singapore Street Names - A Study of Toponymics by Victor R Savage and Brenda S.A. Yeoh (2013, 2023), ISBN 978-981-4408-35-6
- What's in the Name? How the Streets and Villages in Singapore Got Their Names by Ng Yew Peng (2018), ISBN 978-981-32-2139-0
List of the Streets in Singapore; Discover Singapore
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