In both dialects, it referred to Thian Hock Keng located on Telok Ayer Street where both goddesses were worshipped.

[1] The Anglo-Chinese School (ACS) was founded on 1 March 1886 by Bishop William Fitzjames Oldham as an extension of the Methodist Church.

It has elements of western classical architecture and influences of the neoclassical jalousie windows of Europe, which can be seen on its facade: rhythm of three vertical bays with distinguished horizontal bands in the form of centrally paired door height window shutters; the Georgian-style fanlights, the Classical Roman Doric moldings, the use of Classical proportions and orders, Doric piers and Corinthian pilasters.

Siang Cho Keong (仙祖宫), located at 66 Amoy Street was built in 1869 and was originally named as Zhi Yun Miao (紫云庙).

Zheng Ming who brought the statue of Lu Fu Xian Zhu (呂府仙祖) from China.

[4] On 9 August 1972, which falls on Singapore's National Day, 42-year-old wine shop owner Chew Liew Tea, who operated a wine shop at Amoy Street, was shot and killed by two Malaysian gunmen Lim Kim Huat and Neoh Bean Chye, who both escaped Singapore and fled to Malaysia, before they were caught by the Malaysian police within a year and extradited back to Singapore, where they were found guilty and put to death for Chew's murder on 27 June 1975.