SINGAPORE - In the early 1900s, an electric tram line ran along Geylang Road, the earliest trunk road linking the Singapore River area to the island's north-east.
As communities moved eastward from the city centre in the 1920s and 1930s, they settled in areas near the road such as Katong and Joo Chiat.
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