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Singapore isn’t just all polished architecture and skyscrapers, if you dig deep enough, there are plenty of abandoned structures or buildings hidden just in plain sight. Here are a few that you may not know:
Tanglin Brunei Hostel
Built by the Brunei government to offer housing for Brunei students studying in Singapore, the hostel closed in 1983 as the country’s education system evolved, resulting in lesser students studying abroad. The student numbers dwindled as the years went by and the building has been unoccupied ever since. The structure is now decaying, with graffiti on the walls, and multiple reports of ghostly sightings throughout the years.
Istana Woodneuk
The Istana Woodneuk may just be Singapore’s most extravagant haunted mansion. The now abandoned property is located near Holland Road and Tyersall Road in the thick woods. It was formerly home to a Sultan of Johor, but it is now deserted and overgrown with flora and ruins. What you may not know is that the location isn’t marked on the Singapore map and is thus off-limits.
Cashin House
Cashin House, also known as The Pier, is located at Lim Chu Kang and was constructed in 1906 by an Irish trader called Henry Cashin. However, after Howard Cashin’s death in 2009, the pier was abandoned. It has been walled off and closed to the public since 2013, but plans are in the works to reopen it as a new visitor entrance as part of Lim Chu Kang Nature Park, which is set to open soon.
Chee Guan Chiang House
This artistic home was designed by Ho Kwong Yew, a well-known local architect, in 1938. The structure was commissioned by Chee Guan Chiang, the child of Malacca-based financial mogul Chee Swee Cheng. The facility, however, was kept unoccupied after the 1970s owing to a court battle that continues to this day. The building’s outside resembles something out of a science fiction movie, even in todays time of modernity, but inside it’s like a post-apocalyptic wasteland, covered with trees and graffiti.
Singapore’s past can be just as interesting if you are willing to delve deeper into it. If you are intrigued, find out more about these places today!
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