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Phua Chu Kang the contractor is now a familiar name on television but is not in any way associated with Singapore history.

In the early immigration period, Lim Chu Kang Village was founded by Neo Tiew, a Chinese immigrant who was the headman of the village. The village is on the banks of the Sungei Kranji and was controlled by the Lim clan.

Further inland there is another village known as Chua Chu Kang.
The name "Chua Chu Kang" is derived from the Teochew word "kang chu" the word "kang" means river and "chu" means owner. "Chua" is the clan name of the first headman.

Similiarly Yio Chu Kang were established by Chinese settlers in the 1840s with the headman surnamed Yeo.

Not many in Singapore have heard of Chan Chu Kang, a village at Seletar River.
The village was named after its owner, and was later renamed Nee Soon Village after Lim Nee Soon for his contribution to the rubber industry.