All long bunkers where army recruits sleep and have lessons in Pulau Tekong Camp 1 have two doors.  One at each end of the bunker, which is a type of long houses.  All except one.  There was this lecture room bunker in Charlie Company that had 3 doors.

There are many stories about why there are 3 doors.  Here is one of them.

In the past that platoon went for field training, one of the recruits went to see a doctor that morning and so wasn't in the strength counted for that morning.  On that day after lunch, the sick recruit joined the company.  The corporal however didn't know that and counted strength before moving out.  He counted correctly and so moved off.  Unbeknown to him there was actually one recruit missing, but the sick recruit arrival made up for the shortfall, and so the loss went unnoticed.

Till at night when they had to return their weapons to the amoury, that they found one weapon missing, and so the missing recruit was realized.

On that night a massive search was carried out but they could not find that missing man.

Till the next morning he was found next to the tree where the company had earlier rested, except that the recruit was quite dead...  His full pack items neatly laid out on the ground, except for the Changkol blade which was missing. Eventually found to be embedded inside the stomach of that recruit, with the blade handle inside the blade STICKING OUT.

The dead recruit was brought back to the medical center but the center refused to take him in, fearing the patients may be alarmed by it.  So the corpse was brought back to the bunk and an autopsy performed that very day.  The corpse was sent back to Singapore after that.

Then the haunting begins.  The dead recruit bed would shake violently, and several times scratches with blood streaks could be seen on the next recruit that slept on the deceased bed.  For several times that recruit was thrown off the bed.  Finally an exorcist was called in.  The priest o-informed them that the recruit spirit couldn't leave that bunk, and a 3rd door have to be made in the center of the bunker.

So when the third door was made, that night, the whole Pulau Tekong camp was chased back to Singapore and the ritual conducted.  Since then, we did not know if the recruit ghost left that bunker or not.  And we will never know because the bunker was converted to a lecture theatre.  But of because it remained deserted and unused.
 
I was a recruit in Pulau Tekong in September 1987.  At that time Charlie company 3 door bunker was still around.  I was on guard duty and have to patrol the whole camp, including walking pass that bunker and 3rd door.  creepy, though I didn't see anything.

I did manage to glimpse inside once while passing by.  It was fully boarded and the inside very dark.  There were many colored papers spilled all over the floor.  Though designated as a theatre it is entirely empty with colored strip of talisman papers all over.

Is there a truth to this story?  If not why was this the only bunker out of at least 100 bunkers to have this 3rd door?  Why designate it as a lecture theatre but leave it empty?  Why seal up all the windows?  The door was locked at all times.  But on that day it opened.  Was it really open?  Or did I entered into another realm unknowingly and saw that open door?

There were stories following this one.  That there was to be no night training on Thursday night because that recruit was killed on Thursday night.

Story 1

following that fateful night a company of men lost their way on Thursday night and though they try and try but still couldn't find their way out...  Instead they ended at the same intersection - the tree where the boy was found.

Story 2
Two commanders who scoffed the idea of no night training on Thursday left to stay outside.  They were both found dead the next day.  You guess it, at the same tree.  One was lying on the ground, and the other was hanging high up on the tree.  On both their faces were the look of extreme fear....  They were both frightened to death.

And such was the stories told to me as a young recruit back in 1987.

My OC didn't believed such stories, and we had night training on Thursday nights as usual, but fortunately with no incident.

There were many incidents there where experiences were shared by everyone in the bunk.  We were from Delta Company platoon 16.

On our first nite we heard a great marching of boots, and loud commands giving out.  The next day we asked our corporal why there was training on the first night of in-camp.  In Singapore army the first two weeks are known as orientation weeks, with no hard training.  The corporal replied us the same... simply there was no night training at all.  So what were those marching noises?  So loud that there must be hundreds of men and so near that they must be just outside my bunks?

Then there were many times while asleep we would suddenly wake up.  That's because we had visions of cupboards banging and people waking up... and when we did wake up... it was in the still of the night... it's all true.. because we talk about our weird waking moments almost every day..

There was once we heard young children laughter.  Not just me... half the bunk heard it.  Someone said they are ghost children..

During my reservist back in Pulau Tekong we had other adventures, that made grown men cry, big strong men in their thirties grown mature in thinking to huddle together and vowed not sleep.  And when we left Pulau Tekong, it was with signs of relief.

We spent two nights in a haunted school.  Want to hear the story?  It really happened, and I am [proud] that I experienced it first hand.  But that's for another time... soon I promised.