Singapore Minister for Manpower Tan See Leng said in a Facebook post yesterday that another war relic was found near Chapel Road in Katong, presumably as a construction site.
Workers were quickly evacuated and the authorities were alerted to the situation, and the Singapore Armed Forces’ Explosive Ordnance Disposal team subsequently assessed that the relic posed no danger, before it was then removed by the Singapore Police Force.
Tan See Leng’s Facebook Post
Earlier, a war relic was unearthed near Chapel Road.
Quick action was taken to safely evacuate workers and alert the authorities.
Thankfully, the Singapore Armed Forces’ Explosive Ordnance Disposal team has assessed that it poses no danger and the Singapore Police Force have carefully removed the relic.
Thank you to residents in the area for your cooperation.
2nd WW2 Relic Found Within A Month
On 20 September 2023 at 11.57am, the Police were informed of a war relic discovered at a construction site along Upper Bukit Timah Road during excavation works.
The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team then determined that the war relic is a 100kg World War II aerial bomb and assessed that it is unsafe to move it. Therefore, the war relic had to be disposed on-site.
The SAF EOD team then carried out an on-site controlled disposal of the war relic on 26 September 2023 between 8 am and 7pm. The Police also effected a 200-metres cordon around the war relic during this period and road closure was imposed at the vicinity from 11 am.
The Police also engaged affected residents and other stakeholders from The Linear, Hazel Park, Bukit 828, Block 154 Gangsa Road, Hazel Park Terrace and shophouses along Upper Bukit Timah Road, as well as the management of Greenridge Secondary School to temporarily vacate their buildings during the controlled disposal operation.