Keong Saik Road was officially named after a prominent chinese in Singapore, Tan Keong Saik in 1926. Educated in an English school in Penang, Keong Saik was once a Municipal Commissioner during British Malaya in Singapore and was the director of both the Tanjong Pagar Dock Ltd and the Straits Steamship Co Ltd. He was also active in the Chinese Community, being a member of the Chinese Advisory Board, with a strong interest in educating Chinese Women.
Irony was, Keong Saik road was famous for its brothels in the 1960's and the shophouses were also reputed to house mistresses/concubines for rich merchants
Pictures above showing the restored shophouses along the road, with pastel colours painted facades.
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