THE CENTRAL POLICE STATION IN SOUTH BRIDGE ROAD WHICH HAS PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE DEMOLITION OF CRIME IN SINGAPORE, IS BEING DEMOLISHED. IT IS TO MAKE WAY FOR THE WIDENING OF UPPER PICKERING STREET. THE STATION, BUILT IN THE THIRTIES, WAS THE BASE FROM WHICH POLICE SMASHED THE TRIAD SOCIETIES THAT PLAGUED CHINATOWN. ITS ROW OF EIGHT LOCK-UPS WAS USED AS TORTURE CHAMBERS DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION. THE STATION'S ENTIRE STAFF WAS RE-HOUSED IN THE POLICE BUILDING IN EU TONG SEN STREET IN APRIL.
09/09/1978
PCD0500 - 0098
SPH/2005/035417/2/36
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