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Find Your Place in History - North West: A Mosquito Bus Into Time: Singapore Bicentennial
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The first road leading up to Bukit Timah Hill was completed in 1843. By the turn of the century, in 1903, the North West of Singapore was served by an inland railway line. These were days when boats used by the Orang Laut co-existed with mosquito and trolley buses.
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Find Your Place in History - North West - Carolyn Oei
Find Your Place in History:
North West
A mosquito bus into time | Carolyn Oei
Ethos BooksFind Your Place in History: North West
A mosquito bus into time
© Carolyn Oei, 2019
ISBN 978-981-14-0597-6 (e-book)
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