If you are confused why there is a Kim Keat Avenue in Toa Payoh, and Kim Keat Road in Balestier and Whampoa area, the reason being that the Kim Keat area is divided up by the construction of Pan Island Expressway in early time. However one is still able to walk over from Kim Keat Road toward Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastry in Kim Keat Avenue using the overhead bridge. Kim Keat Area consist of Kim Keat Road/Lane/Close, and Kim Keat Avenue. It is off Balestier Road. It was named after Chua Kim Keat of the Straits Trading Company. He was of Peranakan descent and the only son of Chua Kai Hoon of Malacca. He came to Singapore in 1886 and started out as a tin salesman with the Straits Trading Co. Ltd. He worked in the company till 1907 when he died at the age of 48. In 1895, Chua Kim Keat built a country house off Balestier Road and the site of his house is the current Kim Keat Road. He was an avid horticulturist and famous for holding garden parties at his house on Balestier Road which were well-attended by both the Chinese and European elites.

Kim Keat Road is located off Balestier Road, turning in just before the Balestier Point Apartment. Along the road, it sits the Faith Assembly of God Church, as well as several apartments as follows:

• Kim Keat Lodge
• Victory Heights
• Regal Courts
• Kim Keat Garden