@create_thief: Tekka never belonged to one language. Maybe that’s exactly why it survived the attempts to replace it. In 1981, as part of a national push to standardise places with a dialect name into Mandarin, the government renamed it Zhujiao Centre. Zhujiao reconstructed the meaning of the old Hokkien name, Tek Kia Kha (“foot of the bamboo”) What it didn’t carry over was the shared sound. For over a century, Tamil, Malay and Chinese communities alike had all said the same word — Tekka. Zhujiao broke that shared thread. Non-Chinese residents couldn’t pronounce it and the name never really took root in daily speech. In November 2000, the government quietly reverted it. Tekka won not because it belonged to Hokkien, or to Tamil literature, or to any one community. It won because it had never needed to belong to just one in the first place. Some names are stronger than policy. #Singapore #tekka #sg #CreateThief Sources: https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/article-detail?cmsuuid=d0633cde-6839-43bb-8bce-be74fbf90a57 https://www.roots.gov.sg/places/places-landing/Places/landmarks/little-india-heritage-trail-serangoon-in-the-1900s/former-tekka-market https://www.roots.gov.sg/stories-landing/stories/little-india-a-cultural-and-historical-precinct/story

tictoker696 :

no one bothered calling it zhujiao

ST :

I thought Tekka refer to Pig Leg one of the Chinese dialect

The Felz 2 :

l hailed a taxi and told the driver l wanted to go to Zhujiau Centre, repeated the place a couple of times, the driver said no such place...then l told him take me to Tekka Market. He knew exactly where to go! When we reached the place....l pointed out the huge lettering ZHUJIAU CENTRE in silver in both English and Mandarin to the driver and he said it should be named according to its landmarks name which is Tekka! And incidentally some of the MRT Stations names do not depict the locality......the authorities always want to anglicise the stations names that do not match the locality.

Louis Teo :

The original Tekkashimaya 😁

HOMESPAEASTCREEK@CANBERRA :

Malay also known it as tekka

San Pang :

Thank ypu bro for the interesting history

crypto1960 :

Tekka Centre originated as the Kandang Kerbau Market, built in 1915 along Serangoon Road in Singapore's Little India. [1] (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/partner-content-uncover-the-secret-side-of-Singapore-heritage), [2] (https://www.facebook.com/groups/2961522894103609/posts/4171247196464500/)Origins and NamesKandang Kerbau: The original Malay name means "buffalo enclosure" or "buffalo pens," pointing to the many cattle sheds and slaughterhouses nearby in the early 20th century. [1] (https://www.roots.gov.sg/places/places-landing/Places/landmarks/little-india-heritage-trail-serangoon-in-the-1900s/former-tekka-market), [2] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekka_Centre)Tek Kia Kha: Local Hokkiens called the area this, which means "the foot of the small bamboos," because wild bamboo grew along the banks of the nearby Rochor Canal. This name later shortened to Tekka. [1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekka_Centre), [2] (https://www.roots.gov.sg/places/places-landing/Places/landmarks/little-india-heritage-trail-serangoon-in-the-1900s/former-tekka-market)People's Market: By the 1930s, working-class residents flocked to the market for affordable meat, seafood, and vegetables. [1] (https://www.roots.gov.sg/places/places-landing/Places/landmarks/little-india-heritage-trail-serangoon-in-the-1900s/former-tekka-market)Relocation and Renaming1982: Officials demolished the original market building across the street.Zhujiao Market: Vendors moved to a new complex on the current site across the road, named using the Mandarin pinyin for Tekka.2000: Public complaints noted that "Zhujiao" sounded nothing like the historic name, so the government officially renamed the complex Tekka Centre.2008–2009: The building closed for a major renovation before reopening with its vibrant wet market, hawker center, and retail shops

Harmony :

yes yep,it just comes out "Tekka"

kunta kinte :

Those who was born in 60s and 70s known the market as kandang kerbau (KK) market

Ryan :

in Japanese its Ta-Ke

Fakir :

Not only was tekka, so many street names and schools were changed in early 80s. Teck ghee became Deyi. And new streets name became Han Yu pinyin.

Brian Tay :

the site was a kk police station opposite was the market

SG PF :

we must retain the original name

🇸🇬🇨🇳🇻🇳 JJ 🇻🇳🇨🇳🇸🇬 :

Zhujiao sounds like Pork Leg in Chinese. Tekka sounds better.

Ken :

Interesting

xander27 :

nobody will say the name

Maran 5095 :

Tekka market

Kasuraman Alagiri :

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Victor :

Power Mr. dev [Heart eyes]

sims :

in the 70s, the old tekka market has no food centre.

Hat6Thinker :

We always called it Tekka locally and globally

Nasi lemak :

Many foreigners are there especially from north

Ryan :

Tekka has very good delicious food. ❤️👍🙂

Sathasivan Suppiah :

oh ...ok