Cantonment Road (

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located directly on the boundary between

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and the Central Area PAs of Outram and the

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. The road starts at its

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with Outram Road,

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, and

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in the north and ends at its junction with Keppel Road in the south. It is intersected by the arterial

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. Namesake roads include Cantonment Link, a one-way road which connects Keppel Road to Cantonment Road, and Cantonment Close. The Police Cantonment Complex and The Pinnacle@Duxton, a 50-storey residential development in Singapore's city center, is located along the road.

Etymology and history

One of the interesting landmark along Cantonment Road is the Lim's Ancestral Temple, known as Lim See Tai Chong Soo Kiu Leong Tong (林氏大宗祠九龙堂家). The ancestral temple was founded in 1928, the main purpose of this ancestral temple is to conduct the ancestral worship of the Lim's ancestors and

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(天后圣姑), whom they regarded as their Grand-Auntie. One of the temple's founder is the wealthy Nan'an businessman called Lim Loh (林路), who is the father of war hero Lim Bo Seng.

References

*Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2004), ''Toponymics - A Study of Singapore Street Names'', Eastern University Press, *National Heritage Board (2002), ''Singapore's 100 Historic Places'', Archipelago Press, {{Authority control Roads in Singapore Bukit Merah Downtown Core (Singapore) Outram, Singapore Tanjong Pagar

Etymology and history

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