Mother’s Day – volunteer Guides Claire and Keng Kiat found half a dozen participants under the old rain tree despite the drizzle. The day starts off with an alert from Hock Chuan that Hill 3 was not passable by cars: Fortunately we are not heading that way. The tour: The Bukit Brown area is about 233 hectares in extent, bordered by Lornie Road, Thomson Road and the Pan-Island Expressway. It lies just to the south of the Central […]
Read MoreThe Beautiful Hill 2 of Bukit Brown Cemetery is resplendent history: tomb stones carved in China with facial relief so expressive they will speak to you through your guide Yik Han, whilst your other guide, Peter Pak will reveal hidden in green nooks, tombs guarded by Angels and Sikh Guards. And if you are lucky macaques may swing above in the canopy of trees and birdsong fill the air, as Hill 2 overlooks a beautiful valley. Sadly the proposed […]
Read MoreCome celebrate Mother’s Day morning with our volunteer Guides: Claire and Keng Kiat (97903886), as they walk you around Bukit Brown and introduce you to some outstanding members of the fairer sex. Come with your grandmother, mother, daughter, granddaughter, etc, and find out that behind every successful man is … fill in the blanks yourself. Date: 13 May, Sunday Time: 9am to 12pmMeeting Place: Under the big and beautiful, and possibly endangered, rain tree, at the Roundabout. After the main […]
Read MoreMy Ancestry at Bukit Brown by Lim Su Min. Saturday 21 April,9 am – 11 am. I am Lim Su Min, a retired doctor and grandfather to 5 children. I have identified 7 direct ancestors buried at Bukit Brown going back 5 generations for me, 7 generations for my grandchildren. My ancestors reposing at Bukit Brown include the parents and grandparents of Dr. Lim Boon Keng and Tan Tock Seng’s son and grandson, Tan Kim Ching and Tan Boo Liat […]
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