Introduction:
This "secondary cache" can
only be found with international team working
because:
This cache is just one cache
of a set of 24 caches named IMC No. 4 …
(IMC = International Multi-Cache), dedicated to the theme Fire, one
of the four elements of Earth.
These caches are hidden in 12
Countries worldwide:
DE= Deustchland, PT =
Portugal, XX = Xxxxxxxxxx, Etc....
In each country there is a
"primary cache" and a "secondary cache".
The 12 primary caches
are named "IMC No. 4 P-x - yyy" and the 12 secondary caches "IMC
No. 4 S-x - zzz" where x is the country code given above and yyy
and zzz can be any additional name.
The primary caches are almost
like traditional caches. The only difference is, that they contain
beside the "normal" content (stash-note, logbook, pencil,
give-aways) a "lists of hints" for the secondary
caches.
To be able to search and find
a secondary cache you need all hints from all 12 primary
caches!
As the primary caches are
scattered all over the world it will either require a lot of
travelling or - and that is the intention of the IMC No. 4 -
international cooperation:
If you want to find this
secondary cache, you should:
1. Find a primary IMC No. 4 cache.
2. Contact finders of other primary IMC No. 4 caches and exchange
the hints.
3. Puzzle the hints together and …
4. … go and seek the secondary cache.
The IMC No. 4 team wish
you good luck!
Table with links to all 24 IMC
caches
The Cache:
At 3:20 p.m. on 25 May 1961, The Bukit Ho Swee Fire broke out in
the squatter settlement of Bukit Ho Swee, Singapore. Four people
died, eighty-five were injured, 16,000 were made homeless and more
than 2,200 attap houses were destroyed.
The cause of the fire is thought to be the immense flammability
of the squatter settlement, in addition to the lack of hygiene and
cramped space. Whether the fire was due to arson or accident
remains a mystery today. Nevertheless, the aftermath of the fire
promoted a shift of people into the HDB-built public housing.
In the days following the fire, there was a massive charity
drive to aid the victims of the fire, methods of which included
selling admission to several theatre performances and an ice cream
social.
The government acquired the land and began reconstruction
immediately after the fire to house the homeless. The Housing
Development Board (HDB), chaired by Lim Kim San, quickly resettled
the victims of the fire to recently built flats in the Queenstown
and St. Michael areas. The government then built the first five
blocks of 768 flats in just 9 months. During the next four years,
over 8,000 flats were built and those who lost their homes were
able to return.
The Hunt:
The posted coordinates will take you to street parking near the
Giok Hong Tian Temple, a Hokkien Taoist Temple built in 1887. The
Temple was one of two in the area that were surrounded that
survived the 1961 and subsequent smaller fires in the area.
With the hints from all of the IMC No 4 primary caches, you will
be taken to the nearby hiding spot for this cache. The cache
location commands a good view of the area where you can imagine the
scene as it looked in 1961 and see how the area has been
transformed.
Don't
forget: "Cache
in, Trash out"