Sago Lane ( 死人街 ) sei yan gai - 'Dead People Street' in Cantonese. Funeral parlours were put here those days (60s). Today, because of covid-19, it has becomes a ghost town again.
TongKangs or Singapore Bumboats, is an important transport in the early days.These large bumboats load the cargo from the stream ship that anchored at the sea and transport it to the godown along the Singapore River.The“eyes" of this boat provides the direction, if you can see the "eyes", you know the boat are heading towards you.
"Happy New Year, pull your ear!"this is what we wish people during the Chinese New Year, pulling one another ear. Chinese believes long ears is a sign of longevity, "Long EAR means Long yEAR". So don't resist if someone pull your ears.