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4 unusual facts about Balestier Road


Balestier Road

Balestier Road is located in the urban planning areas of Novena and Kallang in the central part of Singapore.

The Hokkiens referred the road as o kio, meaning "black bridge", and as go cho tua peh kong, meaning "Rochor temple".

SGH War Memorial

On the morning of 14 February 1942, Yoong Tat Sin, a fourth-year medical student, was fatally injured by Japanese shelling while on duty at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital along Balestier Road.

Singapore Gamma Knife Centre

Having cost ten million dollars to build, it is located in the grounds of the ParkwayHealth Day Surgery & Medical Centre in Balestier Road, Singapore.



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