A GROUP of construction workers at a lift-upgrading site in
Yishun hit upon a grisly find on Monday - the forgotten grave of a
woman who died in 1971.
Rotten wooden planks, a grave marker bearing her name, age and
date of death, and even the remains of her ceremonial funeral
clothing were found in a pit at the site next to Block 711, Yishun
Avenue 5.
The site foreman, who wanted to be known only as Mr Lee, told
Shin Min Daily that his workers had been excavating the site when
they came across what appeared to be the remains of a wooden
coffin.
They next found the grave marker, which was in good
condition.
The grave marker identified the dead woman as Madam Sim Seok
Inn, who died on Sept 14, 1971, at the age of 83. It also placed
her as having come from Chenghai district in Chao prefecture in
China's Guangdong province.
Fengshui specialist Cecil Lee, 51, said Yishun Avenue 5 was a
Teochew cemetery established in the 1920s for the good fengshui it
drew from being near Seletar Reservoir.
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