Have you heard of the Pasir Ris Red House?

It is an abandoned house situated along a road known as Jalan Loyang Besar, and is very popular with youths as infamously haunted.

The Public will know it as either the Pasir Ris Red House, Loyang Red House, the Pasir Ris Opera House, or the CK Tang House just to name afew. 

The passing of the ex-owner of the Red House has prompted API to reveal the facts, & demystify the myths and urban legends behind this infamous House.

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Not too long ago, API recieved a request from a gentleman by the name of John Tan, who was looking for an ancestor's grave in Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery.

As it turns out, John is the person who claimed to be the indirect descendant of a lady by the name of Tan Chwee Neo, who died in 1904.

Mdm Tan Chwee Neo was the great great great grandmother of John Tan, and supposedly, the mistress of Singapore Founder, Sir Stamford Raffles!

You can read the newspaper story in our forum here.

According to the news report, there were 2 key points that lent credibility to the story:-

1. The location of Mdm Tan's grave was in a prime area, along Stevens Road and next to House no. 52, thus indicative of a prosperous family background;

2. The important person, a governor, gave Mdm Tan a huge tract of land before returning to England.

A tomb discovery by Raymond Goh in Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery revealed a startling Myth that everyone had accepted as a fact for a hundred years!

Above: The tomb of Boey Chuan Poh found by Raymond Goh in Bukit Brown. 

UNRAVELLING THE NAME OF HOUSE CALLED BIN CHAN

On 4 Sep 2011, Singapore leading Newspaper The Sunday Times published on its front page an interesting headline...

Abandoned and derelict, but beautiful and brimming with history

The article featured a number of houses, seemingly abandoned in Singapore. The 1st house mentioned in the ST article was the Chee Guan Chiang House. 

Built in 1938, the House was designed and built by Ho Kwong Yew, one of the leading architects of the Modern Movement (ie., De La Warr Pavilion) in Singapore during the 1930s.

The House was named the Chee Guan Chiang House, after 1 of its 2 owners. The other owner being the Chee Swee Cheng & Company Private Limited. The Company owned many properties in Orchard including The Heeren. 

The House was given Conservation Status by URA on 23rd May 2008. (link)

According to the ST report:-

A red mailbox hung from the gate, alongside two signs warning against trespassers and illegal parking on the private property..... in 2007 that the property could be seen only by residents from neighbouring condominiums who used it as a short cut to Orchard Road.

Before 2008, residents from a condomimum still could use an old road to gain access to the back gate of their condo.......

This Debunker made it to Shin Min on 19 Sep 07. Read the News at our forums.

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The mid-month of September was the ending of the Hungry Ghost Month, but it also heralded the arrival of another well-know strange phenomena in Singapore.

The worship of Spirit Trees.

Above - The Monkey Tree of Jurong West