This is a 1982 photograph showing Geylang Road, from Paya Lebar Road (south side). It shows a view of a street lined with two-storey shophouses. 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.

Credit Line

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

Subjects

• Streets--Singapore--Geylang--Photographs
• Commercial buildings--Singapore--Geylang--Photographs
• Geylang (Singapore)--Photographs
• Shophouses--Singapore--Geylang--Photographs