Exhumed: Ong Kim Soon #508 @ Seh Ong
On 2nd January, 2014, June Tan witnessed and photo documented the exhumation of her grandfather, Ong Kim Soon. She also shared with us the testimonial of how a promise was fulfilled to carry on the lineage of another family. It speaks to men and women of honour and ties of kinship which live on till today. *** By June Tan My grandfather was an ordinary man. He worked hard to make ends meet and was an honest man of […]
Exhumed:Tan Cheng Moh #769 & Tan Siok Hwa #763
A personal account by Aylwin Tan who witnessed the exhumation of his grandfather and aunt at Bukit Brown on the morning of Wednesday, 8th January,2014. *** I received a phone call from the exhumation office about 1.5 hours after I had registered. Picked my Dad up and went directly to the gravesite. The green tentage is that of my aunt Tan Siok Hwa (aged 10) and the grey is my grandpa, Tan Cheng Moh. Both were killed during a […]
Tuesday, 17 December 2013: Exhumation Begins
Government exhumations for some 4,000 graves in the way of the highway began on Tuesday 17 December, without any official announcement. Sources on the ground brought some of the Brownies and a Mediacorp news team to Bukit Brown. It is understood that graves claimed by descendants will be exhumed first, followed by those unclaimed. It is estimated from descendants who have kept All Things Bukit Brown informed on the exhumation dates of their ancestors, that exhumations could take up […]
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