• Middle Road spans between Selegie Road and Nicoll Highway.
• Situated at the intersection of Middle Road and Beach Road, the Kheng Chiu Tin Hou Kong temple and Hainan Hwee Kuan served as places of worship and community centres for the early immigrants from Hainan.
• Parallel to Middle Road (“海南一街”, meaning “first Hainan street”) is Purvis Street, followed by Seah Street, which are known as “海南二街” (“second Hainan street”) and “海南三街” (“third Hainan street”), respectively. After Seah Street, one can find the renowned Raffles Hotel.
• Apart from the Kheng Chiu Tin Hou Kong temple, which is dedicated to Mazu, and the Hainan Hwee Kuan, which catered to the needs of the Hainanese community, eateries selling Hainanese coffee, cuisine, and snacks were also found at the three aforementioned streets.
• In Middle Road’s official Mandarin name “密驼路”, “密驼” is the transliteration of “Middle”. Map records of Middle Road date back to as early as 1829. The road is believed to have been so named because it ran through the middle of the European quarter.

This district, which includes Middle Road and Purvis Street, used to be where the Hainanese resided. There were several Hainanese-run coffee shops along the streets here. (Lianhe Zaobao, 3/12/2004)