The Purpose of Keeping Heritage sites is to Preserve the Physical Linkage between the Present and Past When the relevant authorities were planning for the cemetery to give way to the highway, did  they know the historical value of Bukit Brown? Or was it after the researchers and the public’s strong interest and views that they suddenly realised the importance of this site?  If this is the case, it reflects a deeper layer of problem: do the upper echelons of … Continue reading Between the past & present….