Battlefield Tour – Charged up!
by Catherine Lim The tour on Sunday 22 July, starts off rather ignominiously atop a pedestrian bridge which spans a busy dual carriageway and ends with a touch of the macabre, sitting on tombstones under a shady tree. Welcome to Jon Cooper’s Battlefield Tour of Cemetery Hill aka Bukit Brown Cemetery. The 2 hour tour’s main route takes you mostly along side the greens of one of Singapore’s most exclusive private golf course and club. As Jon paints a picture […]
Dr Lim Hock Siew
DR Lim Hock Siew: The Role Model by Lim Chin Joo Among the tombs affected by the Government’s decision to exhume Bukit Brown Cemetery to make way for roadworks is that of See Tiong Wah, the grandfather –in-law of Dr. Lim Hock Siew.To find out more about the story, Seah Shin Wong and I visited Dr. Lim at his new house in Joo Chiat Terrace on 12th April without any inkling that it was to be our last meeting with […]
Sat 14 & Sun 15 July Tours
Latest weekend updates- 2 public tours on Saturday Date 14th July Saturday Time: 7am- 9am Guides Keng Kiat and Ee Hoon Time 9am – 11.30am Guide: Peter Pak No tour itinerary, so be prepared to be surprise. Can sign up here Info on where to meet, how to get there etc please scroll down. Date: 15 st July Sunday Time: 9am to 11.00 am Our student volunteer guides, Francis and Zaiton will be guiding again this Sunday . They […]
Saturday 7 July Tours
Two tours this Saturday, morning and afternoon. Afternoon tour conducted by SOS Bukit Brown Join them for a lovely late afternoon walk for gentle introduction to Bukit Brown Heritage Park! Time : 4.00pm to 5.30pm Meet just outside the old gates along Lor Halwa for a 1hr+ walk introducing you to Singapore’s first Chinese Municipal Cemetery. In this walk, you’ll enjoy the lovely greenery and serene environment, see some of Singapore’s wildlife, visit some of our forefathers and learn more […]
Debut Tour – 1 July
A training course for tertiary student guides conducted by Raymond Goh, with one module by Lai Chee Kien, NUS Architecture Faculty who is also on the documentation team, took place over 2 half days In May . This is a report from the first tour conducted by 2″graduates” Francis Zhang and Zaiton Seah – our new and probably youngest brownies 1st July The day of our inaugural tour! Zaiton and I made it a point to get down to BBC […]
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