Is It Even Possible To Gentrify Geylang?
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All images by Jein Eriza and Lynn Wen Wen for RICE Media
At 2 AM, through the back door of Eng Tiang Huat Chinese Cultural Shop, Geylang reveals its true geometry.
Outside, along the slick concrete pavement of Lorong 24, Pentecostal Christians prepare garlands, incense, and buckets of holy water dutifully, their serenity contrasting with the din of gambling tables, glares from brothel lookouts, and the exchange of illicit pills in open secret.
For decades, the shopfront has anchored th
At 2 AM, through the back door of Eng Tiang Huat Chinese Cultural Shop, Geylang reveals its true geometry.
Outside, along the slick concrete pavement of Lorong 24, Pentecostal Christians prepare garlands, incense, and buckets of holy water dutifully, their serenity contrasting with the din of gambling tables, glares from brothel lookouts, and the exchange of illicit pills in open secret.
For decades, the shopfront has anchored th
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