The Secret Home, Singapore

Posted on May 29, 2014 by weehingthong

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SOMEONE HAS MADE HIMSELF A HOME OVER A CANAL ALONG BUKIT PANJANG ROAD…

Video: Secret dwellings in the dark discovered in Bukit Panjang canal

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http://www.tnp.sg/news/dwellings-dark

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I hope that they will leave the people there undisturbed but then, that is Singapore, and Singaporeans are kay-poh while the Government must have its finger in every nook and cranny…

Said Leon: “When I first saw all these things, I couldn’t believe it… But I had to find out.

“No one patrols these canals, as far as I know. I want the authorities to do something about this. What if there are criminal activities here, right under where we live?”

Other nearby residents also voiced their concerns about the underground home.

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HOME: A picture of a woman was stuck on one of the mirrors.TNP PHOTOS: GAVIN FOO

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HIDEOUT: Bags and clothing were hung on makeshift clothes racks along the canal. Last Tuesday, IT engineer Leon found this home, which provided shelter to an unknown number of people.
PHOTO: THE NEW PAPER
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Published on May 27, 2014

Secret dwellers in Bukit Panjang canal

NG JUN SEN The New Paper

HE WAS curious when he saw a man emerge from a drainage canal under a footbridge in Bukit Panjang Road a few weeks ago.

The 43-year-old IT engineer, who wanted to be known only by his first name, Leon, decided to uncover the truth for himself last Tuesday.

Armed with a torchlight and dressed in bermudas and slippers, Leon entered the canal on his own.

He was shocked to discover it to be the secret home to an unknown number of people.

As he wandered through a 600m-long and 2.5m-deep section of the canal, he came across a fully functioning home, which had two sleeping areas, a bathing area and even an area to wash clothes.

Leon saw two giant beds – one holding three mattresses and the other, two – in two locations along the canal. They had been erected on bamboo stilts to a height of about 2m to protect the dwellers from rising water.

For more:
http://mypaper.sg/top-stories/secret-dwellers-bukit-panjang-canal-20140527

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