The funeral parlours are located on nearby Sago Lane and not Sago Street. As such, Sago Lane has always being referred to as sei yang gai or "street of the dead" in Cantonese. However, there are no cemeteries in Sago Lane. During the years 1950 to 2000, the entire Sago Street and Trengganu Street were occupied by wet, dry markets and cooked food hawkers.
The References
Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2004), Toponymics - A Study of Singapore Street Names, Eastern University Press, ISBN981-210-364-3