Gopeng Street, Singapore
Gopeng Street is a short street in the Tanjong Pagar area, on the southern end of the Singapore Central Business District. It runs from Tanjong Pagar Road to the intersection with Tras Street, where it continues as Peck Seah Street. Despite being a narrow street, it provides two-way traffic flow.
Gopeng Street is one of a number of streets created in 1898-99 and named after places in Malaya. In this case, it is Gopeng in Perak. The Hokkien call this street Cho Su Kong Khau, meaning "outside the Cho Su Kong Temple".
 Gopeng St signboard (11 July 2011) © Timothy Tye using this photo
References
Toponymics - A Study of Singapore Street Names by Victor R Savage and Brenda S.A. Yeoh (2004), ISBN 981-210-364-3
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