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has been in this street for the past $2 1⁄2$ years.) (ii) Phonetic (Si-shü for Cecil.) (iii) 'Behind the Police Station near the old market.' 'Stone-breaking spirit-depôt within' i.e. 'within spirit-depôt (quarter) in the Havelock Road neighbourhood.' (All lower Havelock Road and district is called "Stone-breaking (place)." There is a disused spirit factory in Cheang Chong Lim Lane which leads off Havelock Road. Cf: Beng Hoon Road.) 'Eight small buildings.' (This is a very short street, so the name is not altogether inappropriate.) (See under Chenng Hong Lim Lane.) 'Beside the spirit-depôt' (cf. Beng Hoon Road.) 'Ox-horn lane': so called because the street runs in a semicircle, more or less, from Tanjong Pagar Road back