Registration is closed as all slots have been taken up
Look out for next visit in the series to the Garrison Churches of Tanglin on 3 Nov 2018.
Pre-registration is necessary – no walk-ins will be permitted. As a condition for the visit, the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) requires a unique registration (with a unique name and particulars) for each participant, who should be of age 18 and above.
“Discovering Singapore’s Best Kept Secrets” makes a return to Old Changi Hospital on 29 September 2018 (9.30 to 11 am). The visit, aimed at those who missed the one last year, will provide participants with a rare opportunity to take a peek inside the former hospital and also learn about its much misunderstood past (sorry to disappoint you, but contrary to popular belief. nothing really much happened here during the Japanese Occupation – the hospital, when the Changi Garrison was used as an extended POW camp was set up at Roberts Barracks).
The former hospital, well regarded by RAF personnel and their families, traces its history back to 1947 when the RAF set it up in the newly established Air Station, RAF Changi. Two blocks built in the 1930s for the Royal Engineers’ Kitchener Barracks, were used. A new building was added in the 1960s. One of the things that the hospital was then well known for was its very busy maternity section.
The pull-out of the British forces in late 1971, saw it come under the command of the ANZUK Forces as the ANZUK Military Hospital. It briefly became the UK Military Hospital in 1975 with the withdrawal of the Australian ANZUK contingent. The Singapore Armed Forces then ran the hospital in 1975/76 before it was handed over to the Ministry of Health. It was operated as Changi Hospital from 1 July 1976 until it closed in January 1997.
More on its history : A wander through old Changi Hospital
Photographs from last year’s visit: A visit to Old Changi Hospital
“Discovering Singapore’s Best Kept Secrets” guided State Property visits are organised by Jerome Lim, The Long and Winding Road, with the support of the Singapore Land Authority (SLA).
More on the series:
- The Straits Times 23 Jul 2017
- LAND Sep 2017
- TheSmartLocal 28 Nov 2017
- TimeOut SG 11 Apr 2018
- The Sunday Times 27 May 2018
- SG Magazine 5 July 2018
- Challenge 23 Aug 2018
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I got this email at 12.17pm, clicked the link at 12.20pm and all the slots had already been taken!!
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It all probably went in the time it took the email notification to be sent out. The post was scheduled to go on at 12:15 and the last successful registrant submitted just past 12:17.
Y the old changi hospital slot so fast taken ??
There is a huge demand due to the rare opportunity to visit, and limited spaces.
I have been refreshing the page since 12:14pm, it didn’t even appear until 12:18pm, and all slots were also taken ): Honestly, harder than bidding for school modules.
Refreshing probably isn’t the best option due to your browser’s cache.
Dear Jerome,
Canât seem to be able to register.
Can you help ?
grace
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I am afraid that the spaces went two minutes of registration opening.
How can I register to visit the old Changi hospital and other places? When is the next availability come up?
Next up is the Garrison Churches of Tanglin on 3 Nov, Registration will be on 19 Oct 2018.
There are limited spaces on these tours for various reasons including for safety and constraints posed by the sites being visited and time permitted. Hence, spaces on them are generally taken up in a matter of minutes. The situation is not too dissimilar to some of the popular intertidal walks that NParks organises – spaces on those get snapped up in less than a minute:
https://www.nparks.gov.sg/gardens-parks-and-nature/parks-and-nature-reserves/sisters-islands-marine-park/intertidal-guided-walk