Airport Rd/ PLAB area

sbst275 SG

Anyone knows what happened to all the kampong and payoh?

redstone SG

All cleared? Rolling Eyes

sbst275 SG

Now all wharehouses and Ind Est liao Laughing

Kaki Bt and Tai Seng

redstone SG

Then you still ask? Laughing

monkeybusiness SG

Laughing

sbst275 SG

I wanna ask, who knows where the heck is that payoh kah?

redstone SG

Paya Lebar means 'big swamp' in Malay.
Same as 'toa payoh'.

Paya is the original word.
Payoh is the 'corrupted' version. Like Chinese Dialect pronounciation.

sbst275 SG

There used to be a swampy area, ppl used to call the area Bata ka