Have you heard of Somapah Village? The name was so unfamiliar to me that I was surprised that it was actually located in Singapore. Back in the 1980s, there was a Somapah Bus Interchange at part of where the Singapore Expo now stands (Hall 7, to be precise).
Jerome writes that there isn’t much to today by way of physical markers of the village:
These days, there isn’t really much to remind us of that Somapah. The village and all around it has all but disappeared and only a few remnants of the area are left. Most of Somapah Road has gone, just a little maybe 50 metre stretch left of it located somewhere close to where Singapore Expo is off Changi South Avenue 1, relegated to a road that serves as a driveway to a car park. Across the road there are a few reminders of the time from which my experiences of Somapah Village were connected with including some of the roads such as Jalan Tiga Ratus and the buildings that were the former Changkat Changi Primary School that rose on a small hill along the Changi Road (now Upper Changi Road) next to Jalan Tiga Ratus which was built in the later half of the 1960s.
Fortunately for us, Somapah Village will still live on as memories – Jerome posts his memories of Somapah Village in his blog, which includes some old pictures, as well as recollections of former inhabitants of the village. You can read about them here.
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