Dr. Lai Chee Kien showing how the proposed highway(in white)  would cut through the entire  cemetery. The yellow patches  are  the  4,000 graves affected. (photo Victor Lim )

Dr Lai Chee Kien shared Bukit Brown ‘s heritage, habitat and history  on channel 8’s Good Morning Singapore today.  Covering the poetry of Khoo Seok Wan and Tan Ean Kiam who both penned their own epitaphs on their tombs , he stressed  how the Chinese speaking community  can connect  with the diversities of histories of the region. He also highlighted the many Peranakan tombs in Bukit Brown.

You can catch his interview which was part of a discussion on travel attractions  here @ aound 18:00.

Dr Lai Chee Kien, Assistant Professor in the Dept of Architecture (NUS),  is part of  the team  documenting the  graves which have to make way for the highway  in Bukit Brown.