The Guiding Guides Tour By Raymond Goh Date: Saturday 19 May Time: 8.30am – 11.30am We are opening up to the public just 10 places to join a training tour conducted by Raymond for out student volunteers. The route covers the most “staked” area in Bukit Brown, Blocks 5 and 2 and pass the beautiful valley where the highway bridge will traverse. It starts off with the largest single tomb located off Kheam Hock Road belonging to Oon Chim Neo, [...]
饮水思源 Remember The Source of the Water Elizabeth Ong and Emma Lim By Catherine Lim In 2002 in London and Scotland, two Singapore couples stationed in the United Kingdom, welcomed new arrivals, both girls. Born four months apart, the Ongs in London named their daughter Elizabeth and she was their second child. The Lims in Scotland named their daughter, Emma and she was their first born In 2006, after 13 years abroad, the Ongs returned home to Singapore because they felt it was [...]
Pat Lin pays tribute to her mother on Mother’s Day: “Mom, her brother Tan Thoon Lip and my dad Lim Hong Bee were all Queen’s scholars. The Queens Scholarships were established by Queen Elizabeth 1 in 1560 and were meant to send worthy young scholars specifically to Oxford and Cambridge. These scholarships were not named for the reigning monarch, i.e. George V, George VI, Elizabeth II. Past Queen’s scholarship winners in England have included Ben Johnson, John Dryden, & John [...]
The Grey Headed Fish Eagle Dateline 2 May 2012 at Bukit Brown. This magnificent creature was “captured” this morning by Georgina Chin the accidental photographer. She writes of the moment: ” He was brave and stood on a perch like forever and didn’t move. I sat and just watched him. He was soaked . I was soaked. I call him white socks.” About Georgina: She is the photographer and writer of the book “Birds in my Backyard.” Bukit Brown is [...]
Editor’s note: Here is a family who came to pay respects to what would have been the 100th birthday of their forebear. Contrary to some popular misconceptions, Bukit Brown is not just the resting place of the rich and famous of days past. The cemetery, being a municipal burial ground, was the final resting of many Chinese of all walks of life between 1922 and 1973. We like to share their stories. Sharon Lim lives in Vancouver, Canada and shared [...]
By Khoo Ee Hoon and Claire Leow Editor’s note: When Raymond and other guides discover tombs, they conduct research and try to incorporate these into tours organized by all things Bukit Brown. This is to give you a taste of what happens before we unveil these tombs. On any typical weekend, tomb whisperer Raymond Goh is “bush bashing” or looking for the tombs for those seeking his expertise in locating grave plots. Here he consults the friendly tomb keeper [...]
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