Former Nee Soon Rubber Estate
It’s no thanks to their location in Singapore’s far north that Sembawang, Yishun and Seletar have a reputation for being
ulu
AF. Some residents may also tell you they’ve heard their fair share of spooky tales here. So perhaps you may not be surprised to hear that the area was once home to
Nee Soon Rubber Estate, said to be a
pontianak hotspot.
Today, passers-by still claim to hear disembodied voices calling their name, while others have spotted women in white lurking around in the distance. Below is all you need to know about one of the most haunted places in Singapore.
4 07 2021
One of the forgotten episodes in Singapore’s history is one involving the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The CCP, which recently celebrated its one-hundredth anniversary, also took its fight against the Chinese Nationalist government in its early years, to the Nanyang to which it sent five secret envoys to in late 1927 and early 1928. The arrival of these envoys coincided with the formation of the Nanyang Provisional Committee (NPC) of the CCP and heralded a violent phase in the CCP’s operations here. What soon followed in February and March 1928 was an attempt to assassinate three visiting Nationalist leaders, which resulted in a gunshot injury to Dr Lim Boon Keng, and a series of bombings as a means of intimidation during a strike of shoemakers.