Bedok during World War II

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In an earlier post, Peter Chan writes about some of the World War II sites in Bedok, including the site of the Bedok Hill Massacre, the Tanah Merah Powder Magazine, and the Tanah Merah W/T station. In this epilogue of sorts, Peter reveals their location and how they look like today.

The picture is a then-and-now image of the Bedok W/T Station:

Bedok W/T Station (Photo 3a) is now the clock tower of Kew Green, a condominium off Kew Drive. The gradient of the hill (of 20 feet contour interval) is now replaced by four banks of vertical retaining walls to prevent soil erosion.

Today this place is full of tranquility and close to man-made nature. At one corner of Bedok South Estate, are the private landed estates and condominiums. Accessibility is so much better than in the past; to major expressways, the airport, outdoor amenities on the East Coast Park, food centers, schools and wet markets.

Read about the other World War II sites in the Finale to Upper East Coast Road: A Forgotten History.