Chun See and Peter Chan bring us the history of two of the three camps along the Ulu Pandan Heritage Trail – 1 SIR and 2 SIR. Includes obligatory ghost story!
According to Peter who used to live nearby; “The original barracks of 1 SIR were built on the hilly terraced slopes of Hill 110 which faced Old Holland Road and its junction with Ulu Pandan Road. The present parade square (at the foot of Hill 200) was not built until early 1962. The single-storey buildings were made from wood and had asbestos roofs. Shortly after independence from Malaysia, some of these wooden buildings were demolished to make way for the present rows of multi-storey concrete buildings facing Old Holland Road. The new buildings were meant to cater to the NS intakes. For field training such as 81mm mortar weapons, the hilly spaces (flattened in the early 1970s to make way for Pandan Valley Condominium) opposite to the camp were used.”
What about the ghost story? You’ll have to read on at Good Morning Yesterday!
Tags: Ulu Pandan Heritage Trail, 1 SIR, 2 SIR
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