Let Keng Kiat (97903886) will introduce you to the pioneers of Hill 4 and what’s happening there including the major ongoing renovation and upgrading of the Tan Quee Lan family cluster. You may also meet a poet, a war hero, a beloved school principal and circus family. Time : 9.00am t0 11.30am Meeting Place: Under the large and beautiful, and possibly endangered, rain tree, at the Roundabout. After the main gate, go ahead another twenty metres, to the right of […]
Read MoreThey are among the world’s brightest, nominated for leadership, talent and contributions in the social and economic spheres to the World Economic Forum of Young Global Leaders. 40 of them dropped in at Bukit Brown on 23 October 2012, as part of a programme there were attending at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. Volunteer Guides, Claire, Catherine, Keng Kiat and Millie took them on a one hour and half tour which only managed to cover three tombs […]
Read MoreTour report: Photos by Philipp Aldrup. For more photos, click here This is what Bukit Brown looks like in early morning And this is what early morning participants look like at 7.30 am And if you want to know more about Philipp the photographer please visit his page —————————————————————————————————————————– Time 7.30am – 10 am Keng Kiat (97903886) guiding. We will not be visiting the biggest tomb, nor the colourful Sikh guards. Highight is Keng Kiat will show and tell […]
Read MorePeter Pak and Andrew guiding. We will take a stroll around Hill 3. We will be visiting the biggest tomb, and the colourful Sikh guards. You will hear stories about the heritage as well as the nature that makes this a magical place ========================================= Come visit Bukit Brown Heritage Park and be introduced to some notable pioneers who had made great contributions to Singapore in the first half of the 20th century, and the historical context of their lives […]
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