4 Other Places In Singapore Where WWII Relics Have Been Found

Fitri Mahad
Sun, 17 Nov 2019 00:00:00 Z

Apart from Jiak Kim Street, here are other sites in Singapore where hidden yet deadly packages have been discovered.

Illustration: Ng Shiqi

Everybody’s a gangster until someone finds a bomb under Zouk’s old site. If anyone wants to “bring the house down”, now’s the time to do it (please don’t, leave that to the bomb disposal unit).

Aside from the unearthed 50kg war relic along Jiak Kim Street, here are four other places where war relics have been discovered.

1. Jurong Island

A World War II explosive was found at a construction yard on Jurong Island. It was disposed on-site by the Explosives Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team. East side wins this round.

2. Sengkang

If you’re craving something more colonial (whatever that means), a British 105mm projectile was found at yet another construction yard in Sengkang. Can someone call Raffles? I think he might have left this behind.

3. Outram

Bruno Mars always said he would catch a grenade for you, but no one ever asked where that grenade went. A few workers found a hand-grenade in a heart-shaped tree, tucked in between two branches. Unless you’re Bruno Mars or the EOD unit, don’t catch that grenade.

4. Tampines

Another war relic was found in a (surprise!) construction site in Tampines. So much for the east side being the best side. The relic was an Illumination mortar round. No, it’s not the Illumination you see that Minion yell at the beginning of Despicable Me.