Stanley Street
Stanley Street (Chinese

Simplified Chinese character

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: 史坦利街）is a one-way street

Street

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 in the Telok Ayer

Telok Ayer

Telok Ayer is a historic district located in Singapore's Chinatown within the Central Business District, straddling the Outram Planning Area and the Downtown Core under the Urban Redevelopment Authority's urban planning zones.-Etymology:...

 area of Chinatown

Chinatown, Singapore

Singapore's Chinatown is an ethnic neighbourhood featuring distinctly Chinese cultural elements and a historically concentrated ethnic Chinese population. Chinatown is located within the larger district of Outram....

, Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

. It lies on the boundary between the Downtown Core

Downtown Core

The Downtown Core is a 266-hectare urban planning area in the south of the city-state of Singapore. The Downtown Core surrounds the mouth of the Singapore River and southeastern portion of its watershed, and is part of the Central Area, Singapore's central business district...

 and Outram Planning Area

Outram, Singapore

Outram is a district in Singapore, within the Central Area, relatively near the prominent city centre and financial districts, but is nearer the border of the Central Area, and outside the Downtown Core. Outram is served by extensive public transport, including SBS Transit and a Mass Rapid Transit ...

. The street links McCallum Street

McCallum Street

McCallum Street is a one-way street located in Chinatown, Singapore and the financial district of Shenton Way in the planning areas of both Outram and Downtown Core respectively. The street starts from Shenton Way and ends at the junction of Telok Ayer Street which then continues to Amoy Street...

 to Boon Tat Street

Boon Tat Street

Boon Tat Street is a street in Singapore within the Downtown Core and Outram Planning Area of the Central Area. The street extends from Amoy Street at its western end to the junction of Shenton Way and Raffles Quay....

. On the left side of the street, it is mainly conserved shophouse

Shophouse

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s and on the right, car park entrances to Cecil Street

Cecil Street

Cecil John Charles Street, MC, OBE, , known as CJC Street and John Street, began his military career as an artillery officer in the British army. During the course of World War I, he became a propagandist for MI7, in which role he held the rank of Major...

 buildings. The Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan

Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan

Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan is a cultural and educational foundation. It was established in 1840 to promote education, social welfare and the preservation of the Chinese language and culture among immigrants of Chinese descent in Singapore and throughout Southeast Asia.-Educational...

 is located on this street.

Stanley Street is known as ma cho kiong hi tai au in Hokkien

Min Nan

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, which means "behind the ma cho temple theatrical stage". The ma cho or matsu

Matsu

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 temple

Temple

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 refers to Telok Ayer Street which is parallel to Stanley Street.