About 23 Teo Hong Road
23 Teo Hong Road (Singapore 088332) is a pre-war shophouse in the Bukit Pasoh part of Chinatown, in postal District 2. It stands in a continuous row of conserved shophouses and is strata-titled, with its own management corporation, MCST 1507. Little has been published about the building itself, so most of this page is about the street it stands on.
Teo Hong Road is a short one-way street that branches off Bukit Pasoh Road and runs down to New Bridge Road. Both sides are lined with conserved shophouses from the colonial period, now used mainly as offices, restaurants and small hotels. The whole street lies inside URA's Bukit Pasoh Conservation Area, so facades and roof forms are protected.
Interesting facts
The street is generally said to be named after Teo Hong, a Hokkien building contractor of Lam Ann (Nan'an) origin who took on government and Singapore Harbour Board contracts from around 1900. Heritage researchers suggest the name reflects family property holdings in the area.
The hill the street sits on has had several names. Sources record it as Dickenson's Hill and Bukit Padre before it became Bukit Pasoh, from the Malay word for the earthenware pots once made in kilns here.
Shophouses on the street are tightly held. A 2025 property market report noted that a pair of shophouses on Teo Hong Road changed hands for about $40 million in 2022.
Nearby
Outram Park MRT interchange (East-West, North East and Thomson-East Coast lines) is about three to five minutes away on foot, with exits on New Bridge Road and Cantonment Road. Maxwell MRT (Thomson-East Coast Line) is roughly ten minutes away. Duxton Plain Park, a linear park on a former railway line, runs just behind Bukit Pasoh Road. Keong Saik Road's restaurants and Chinatown Complex Food Centre are within a ten-minute walk, and Pearl's Hill City Park is across New Bridge Road.
Key facts
Address: 23 Teo Hong Road, Singapore 088332
District: 2 (Chinatown, Tanjong Pagar)
Property type: Conservation shophouse, strata-titled
Completed: Pre-war; exact year not verified
Conservation: Bukit Pasoh Conservation Area, gazetted 7 July 1989
Nearest MRT: Outram Park (EW16/NE3/TE17)
MCST: 1507