Shophouses at Junction of Jalan McDougall

Shophouses at Junction of Jalan McDougall and Jalan Tabuan.Photo taken in 1950's.This area well known for student from St.Thomas and St.Mary stop by buying some snack and drink.The Libra shop has been there almost 30 years (as i know) ,before those years,i;m not sure this shophouses are for.

In front of this shophouses is a traffic light,but before that it was a small roundabout.The McDougall road behind the shophouses is still narrow in the photo compare to today which have 4 lane.