Residents of Block 711, Yishun Avenue 5, was given a shock when construction workers found a tombstone and a coffin at the foot of their block. Workers were excavating the site as part of the HDB's lift upgrading programme.

The tombstone indicated that the deceased, died in 1971 at the age of 83.

According to a National Environment Agency (NEA) spokesman, the site "may have been where a cemetery was once sited and then exhumed for public housing development by the HDB in the late 70s to the early 80s".

"Upon completion of the investigation and the confirmation that the site is indeed within the cemetery, HDB will carry out the necessary exhumation with a permit from NEA," she added.

While many residents were spooked or alarmed by the discovery, others remained unfazed by the incident.



Where Izzit? : Block 711, Yishun Avenue 5, Singapore.