Lorong 28 Geylang, towards Geylang Road, 1982 : general view [2]



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19 Aug 1982

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This is a 1982 photograph depicting Lorong 28 Geylang, towards Geylang Road. It shows a tree-lined street with two-storey terrace houses on both sides of the road. Vehicles are parked in the roadside parking lots on both sides of the road. Geylang is believed to be a corruption of the term "kilang", Malay for factory, from the coconut and lemongrass processing factories of the area. Title devised by Library staff.


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All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.

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