SHS on Bukit Brown World Monument Watch Listing
SINGAPORE HERITAGE SOCIETY’S STATEMENT ON LISTING OF BUKIT BROWN ON 2014 WORLD MONUMENTS WATCH 10 October 2013 The Singapore Heritage Society is heartened that Bukit Brown has been included in the World Monuments Watch list for 2014. Founded in 1965, the World Monuments Fund, which runs World Monuments Watch, is based in New York and is the world’s leading independent organization dedicated to saving mankind’s treasured places. Its expertise and resources, including support from UNESCO, have helped restore some […]
Tour: Straits Settlements Ladies
On Saturday 5th October’13, newly minted Brownie Simone Lee, conducted her first guided walk with the theme “The Ladies of the Straits Settlements.” It was a tribute to the endurance, resilience and the strength of character of our women pioneers, who played a significant role in championing greater freedom and education for females in Singapore, with support from the forward thinking men of their times. This is her report. Stories of the Ladies of Straits Settlement by Simone Lee […]
This Weekend’s Tours
This weekend of 12/13 October 2 tours; Sat 12 October 9am – 11.30am Special Tan Kheam Hock theme tour. Without Tan Kheam Hock there may not have been a Bukit Brown. Join Keng Kiat as he shares the life and times of one of the commissioners who played an instrumental part in the setting up of the cemetery. He will unravel the myriad relationships of Kheam Hock’s large extended family from sons and daughters to his grandchildren and even […]
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