15/05/2019
Kim Seng Road was named after well-known Peranakan philanthropist and businessman Tan Kim Seng, who also founded the firm Kim Seng & Company. The street gained Tan’s name as he contributed financially to the building of the thoroughfare. Kim Seng Constituency also took its name after Tan.
Kim Seng Bridge, the most westerly of the nine bridges crossing the Singapore River, carries Kim Seng Road from River Valley Road to Havelock Road, where Tan Kim Seng’s property used to be. It also marks the supposed source of the Singapore River, and its upper reaches flows as the Alexandra Canal.
Landmarks on Kim Seng Road include Panglima Prang (Admiral of the Fleet), the early home of Tan Kim Seng’s grandson, Tan Jiak Kim. The house was built on River Valley Road in the 1860s, and was demolished in 1982.
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