Origins of road names & places in S'pore

• likeyou

  19 Jan 10, 00:25

  Kaypoh road...very kay poh pple living there.

• Chew Bakar

  19 Jan 10, 00:33

  Originally posted by likeyou:

  Kaypoh road...very kay poh pple living there.

  Short street  got short people.

  

• Fantagf

  19 Jan 10, 00:37

  Probably there should be a road called Billions Loss Road

• likeyou

  19 Jan 10, 00:37

  Limau garden ....lots of limes...

• likeyou

  19 Jan 10, 00:37

  Havelock.....all units have a lock.

• Chew Bakar

  19 Jan 10, 00:38

  Originally posted by Fantagf:

  Probably there should be a road called Billions Loss Road

  For the new financial dowtown?

  Trillion Loss Road.

  

• Fantagf

  19 Jan 10, 00:39

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  For the new financial dowtown?

  Trillion Loss Road.

  

  
  hahaha

• Fantagf

  19 Jan 10, 00:40

  What about Nepotism Road, Cronyism Road?

• likeyou

  19 Jan 10, 00:41

  We really have many funny street.road names.

• Fantagf

  19 Jan 10, 00:42

  Mee Siam Mai Hum Road    -   this road should be near to where pinky is staying

• Chew Bakar

  19 Jan 10, 00:43

  Originally posted by likeyou:

  We really have many funny street.road names.

  Not really they are running out of idea; always Temasek, Republic, Marina in downtown; Ave 1 to infinity in new towns.

• likeyou

  19 Jan 10, 00:44

  Ha...

• Fantagf

  19 Jan 10, 00:44

  Now we are giving them more names for roads

• Short Ninja

  19 Jan 10, 08:26

  Mr Chew how about sharing with us some names of roads and places that is no longer found but please pick the funny ones>LOL

   

• Short Ninja

  19 Jan 10, 08:29

  I wonder if Sang Nila Utama is the founder of SIngapore then why no roads named after him? I know there is/was a secondary school named after him.

• Chew Bakar

  19 Jan 10, 18:07

  Originally posted by Short Ninja:

  Mr Chew how about sharing with us some names of roads and places that is no longer found but please pick the funny ones>LOL

   

  How about Hog's Back?

  

• Short Ninja

  19 Jan 10, 22:01

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  How about Hog's Back?

   

  
  can still be found today but in Ontario ,Canada>

• Chew Bakar

  19 Jan 10, 22:36

  Originally posted by Short Ninja:

  
  can still be found today but in Ontario ,Canada>

  

• Short Ninja

  19 Jan 10, 23:00

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  

  
  or maybe in Ulu Malaysia where it is called 'Jalan babi punya belakang'

• Chew Bakar

  19 Jan 10, 23:02

  Originally posted by Short Ninja:

  
  or maybe in Ulu Malaysia where it is called 'Jalan babi punya belakang'

  Jalan babi pulang.

  

• Short Ninja

  19 Jan 10, 23:06

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  Jalan babi pulang.

  

  
  Lorong Babi balik Kampung>LOL

   

   

• Chew Bakar

  19 Jan 10, 23:09

  Originally posted by Short Ninja:

  
  Lorong Babi balik Kampung>LOL

   

   

  Guess where was the Hog's Back?

• Short Ninja

  19 Jan 10, 23:11

  let me see......Lorong Chuan??? LOL

   

• Chew Bakar

  19 Jan 10, 23:12

  Kent Ridge Road.

  Almost become ANUS.

  

• Short Ninja

  19 Jan 10, 23:19

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  Kent Ridge Road.

  Almost become ANUS.

  

  
  since you are the museum what is the original name for Mount Faber? I think it was 'Bukit Jagoh' what do you say?