Sook Ching Inspection Centre

Sook Ching Inspection Centre

Historic site

About

This site marks one of many temporary registration centres set up by the Kempeitai(Japanese Military Police) to screen anti-Japanese Chinese.

National Heritage Board, Historic Sites (open data, Singapore Open Data Licence).

Facts and sources

Names
EN Sook Ching Inspection Centre한국어 숙칭 검문소 English: National Heritage Board; Korean by DealSingapore (NIKL loanword rules)
Heritage
Historic Site (marked by NHB) National Heritage Board, record updated 2021-03-05
Planning area
Outram URA Master Plan 2025
Opening hours
Not in our sources NHB lists and Wikidata, read 2026-10-01
Data
/api/sight/sook-ching-inspection-centre.json The same facts as JSON, for apps and AI agents

Getting there

Chinatown · Exit F The exit nearest this place, 84 m in a straight line (station 184 m). Not a walking route Open in Google Maps Junction of Upper Cross Street and South Bridge Road, Beside Block 532 Upper Cross Street, Singapore 50532

Area

Chinatown 213 m from the centre of the area Clarke Quay 688 m from the centre of the area

Nearby

Jamae Mosque Mosque · 108 m away Sri Mariamman Temple Temple · 169 m away Pondok Peranakan Gelam Club Historic site · 248 m away Yeung Ching School Historic site · 254 m away Chui Eng Free School Historic site · 266 m away Ying Fo Fui Kun Architecture · 304 m away

Sources and photo credits are on the terms page.