Chinatownology?

It's been a long day at work, so I'll keep this short. Do check out this website that I just found today...

http://www.chinatownology.com/

It's a website devoted to giving the lowdown on Chinatowns of the world. And it says that, apart from Singapore's "official" Chinatown, an "unofficial" one has sprouted in the Geylang area:

http://www.chinatownology.com/chinatown_singapore.html

http://www.chinatownology.com/chinatown_geylang.html

Chinatown, the area centred around what the Hokkiens call "Gu Chia Chwee", was where my maternal grandfather lived, in a narrow shophouse. My mother used to take me there (from our home in Pulau Bukom; by ferry and then by bus) when I was a boy but I do not have vivid memories of the abode or the area, except that there were people, people, people everywhere.

Also, the family -- before I was born -- lived in Chinatown in the postwar years, at the address 80, Canal Road. That road no longer exists.

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Postscript: Thanks, Nick, for your comment, fellow "boo kia ee boy".