Pre Exhumation Rituals : 28 November 2013
Pre- exhumation rituals for the nearly 4,000 pioneers who will have to be exhumed to make way for the highway, took place on the morning of Thursday, 28th November. A short and simple ceremony, it was organised by the Land Transport Authority and Swee Hong construction company for descendants. More than 500 descendants together with well wishers and brownies were in attendance. The rituals were conducted by 7 members of the Inter Religious Organisation. Prayers were offered for the […]
29 Nov – 1 Dec 2013: Events at Bukit Brown
Meeting Point for all events : As you enter the Jalan Halwa gates, on your left near the LTA container office, under the soon to be endangered beautiful raintree. Friday 29 November, 5 pm – 7pm ” A Walk into the Past” with Andrew Lim Join Andrew as he takes you through the the former Kheam Hock Village into Bukit Brown and bids farewell to our poet of the south. Please bring torch lights for this guided walk Facebook […]
Cleared : The 1830s cluster in Hill 2
18th November, 2013 From Raymond Goh: Today, the tomb keepers helped to clear the thick vegetation around a cluster of old graves in Hill/Blk 2, believed to be relocated from Tiong Bahru in the late 1920s due to development, thereby revealing more tombs previously hidden among thick vegetation. Some of these old graves are affected, while some are not due to the angle of the road project which slices this cluster into half. One pioneering immigrant, that of […]
Guided Walks Friday 22, Sat 23 & Sun 24, November
Walk into Twilight with Andrew Lim 22 Friday, Nov 2013. Time 5 pm to 7pm Andrew will be visiting the staked tombs which will have to make way for the highway in Hills 1, 2 and 5. Meeting place at the ole rain tree, on your left as you enter the gates Please bring torch lights, as darkness falls fast. Facebook registration here Hills 1 & 4 with Fabian Tee, 23 Saturday, Nov 2013. Time 9am – 11.30am Meeting […]
Sat 16 & Sun 17 Nov: Mandarin & English Tours
Two Guided Walks this weekend Saturday 16, November 2013, Mandarin Tour 9am – 11.30am 一个小岛国的城市绿洲，武吉布朗，历史与丛林交汇的世外桃源！ 武吉布朗导览义工 Fabien Tee, Andrew Lim 和 Yik Han 将为大家介绍安葬于武吉布朗墓园的新加坡开埠先驱及达官显要，这些先贤在二十世纪上半叶为新加坡作出了巨大的贡献. 我们也将探讨他们当时所处的历史背景。 在亲身瞻仰这些先贤的坟墓之余，大家也有机会认识墓碑和坟墓的不同设计及相关风水，以及了解华人的殡葬习俗。 陆路交通管理局授权的工程公司已经准备动工挖掘与迁坟，再过不久，4153座先贤的坟墓与遗骸将被发掘殆尽，道路工程也会开始，新加坡仅存的值得保留的历史遗迹也将被铲除。时间所剩不多，要了解武吉布朗的历史与文化价值就要赶紧参加我们的导览团。 集合地点： 环状绕道前的雨豆树下。可惜的是，这棵高大凛然的雨豆树可能也会因筑路工程而不保。坟场正门之后往前走大约20米，雨豆树就在土管局临时办事处的右边。 ======================================== 报名： 我们在周末为公众提供的导览服务是免费的 理想人数为一团三十人（平均一名导览员十五人） 请在我们的Facebook活动页面按‘参加’/‘加入’，然后告诉我们共有多少人与你一同参加活动，或直接在活动当天上午9时在集合地点与我们会合。风雨无阻，不见不散。 https://www.facebook.com/events/534978893253442/?ref_dashboard_filter=calendar Sunday 17 Nov, English “Moving House” Tour 9am – 11.30am Exhumations are scheduled to begin in December. Join Peter Pak to farewell the pioneers who will be “moving house” to make way for the highway. He will be taking you to the staked graves […]
Remembering the Fallen
Dateline Sunday 10 November, Kranji War Memorial. Remembrance Day was commemorated at the Kranji War Memorial in a ceremony dedicated to those who died fighting for Singapore during World War II. Brownies Khoo Ee Hoon and Mok Ly Yng who attended the memorial service had another mission when they were there, to seek out the names of 5 soldiers who had been listed as missing in the Battle at Cemetery Hill (Seh Ong and Bukit Brown Cemeteries). Based on […]
Bukit Brown National Heritage Park?
The Case for a Bukit Brown (National) Heritage Park by Chew Kheng Chuan 7 November, 2013. Sometime ago when I was looking at Google Earth to check out Bukit Brown, I was struck by what a huge green lung it was that was contiguous to the main Water Catchment Area of MacRitchie and Pierce Reservoirs. In that sense the greenery was part of a single “critical mass,” whose significance – ecological and environmental – depended critically on its mass […]
TripAdvisor Reviews 2013 : The Beauty of Bukit Brown
Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice® 2013 Winner “Ranked #16 of 665 attractions in Singapore. “ 6 November, 2013. Latest Reviews “Get there before its too late…This is a very special place – peaceful, beautiful, historic, and a natural wildlife haven” Visit Bukit Brown cemetery while you still can – before the bulldozers move in to create yet another expressway. This is a very special place – peaceful, beautiful, historic, and a natural wildlife haven. Intricately carved statues guard many of the […]
Documenting the Destruction
This is a blog post that will be updated as the destruction continues…… Thursday 28 November ( Pre Exhumation Rituals) : The Roundabout has become a road A reminder of what it once was, almost exactly a year back in December 2012 : Friday 22 November Wednesday 13 November , roundabout paved Saturday, 9 November. Morning 9am, no works within the grounds. Guided walks proceeded from the ‘ole rain tree. Respite! Thursday, 7th November. The road works in […]
A Palpable Sense of Loss
Today, Tuesday 5th November, 2013, the roundabout at Bukit Brown was destroyed. “Now a black bird wings across. The low sky saw it open its beak. No sound comes. What were we destroying?” Too many pausing to question the dusk, glorious colours drain within their eyes, forgetting questions it stirred.” — Chew Kheng Chuan, 1977 “A sense of history is what provides the links to hold together a people who came from the four corners of the earth. Because […]
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