There is a suburban taoist temple known as Jiutiaoqiao Xinba Natohgong Temple 九条桥新芭拿督公庙. This is a temple that worships three deities, each representing a deity of the three major ethnic groups, ie, Chinese, Malays and Indians in Singapore. During the early fifteen century, our Chinese immigrants first arrived in Southeast Asian countries, and they brought along their taoist gods and deities to these lands. They have realized that to ensure security and prosperity in this foreign land of strange religious practice, they have to enlist the help of the local gods. The Chinese immigrants began to worship local pre-Islamic holy men, commonly called Datuk or Dato, meaning “chief” or “lord” in the Malay language, which soon became known as “Natoh”. The suffix “gong” which means “lord” in Chinese was added to “Natoh”, and hence “Natohgong”, the amazing Chinese-Malay deity which is found only in Singapore, Malaysia and several parts of Indonesia. This temple, with a history of not less th