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Intense and immense interest at Tay Koh Yat tomb (photo Ee Hoon)<\/p><\/div>\n

October 13 saw volunteer guides, Walter Lim, Yik Han, Keng Kiat and Ee Hoon guiding 2 groups on a special Tong Meng Hui (TMH) Tour for museum docents and students from Pioneer JC working on a TMH project.<\/p>\n

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Scribbling furiously as 3 guides take turns to explain various aspects at Tay Koh Yat tomb.<\/p><\/div>\n

The\u00a0 tour was researched and designed by Walter who conducted the first\u00a0 Revolutonary\u00a0 tour in Mandarin <\/a>also for museum docents. This TMH tour was adapted in English by the\u00a0 bi lingual brownie volunteer guides and co-ordinated by one f9 brownie, me \ud83d\ude09 The 2 tours were filmed for an upcoming documentary series on Bukit Brown.<\/p>\n

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Ee Hoon, documents.<\/p><\/div>\n

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A gallant moment on the hill towards stop 2 (photo Catherine Lim)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Guide Yik Han shows chivalry is not dead on the hills (photo Catherine Lim)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Museum volunteers traversed 4 hills on this tour (photo Catherine Lim)<\/p><\/div>\n

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See Tiong Hill, Alive! (photo Catherine Lim)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Walter explaining history, genealogy and contributions of the See family at See Tiong Wah’s tomb<\/p><\/div>\n

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Yik Han talks about the peony and plum blossoms on See Tiong Wah’s panels (photo Catherine Lim)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Visiting Khoo Seok Wan, the hibiscus is always in bloom, the poet speaks through the poem he wrote for himself inscribed on his alter\u00a0 (photo Catherine Lim)<\/p><\/div>\n

Read the poem here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tie a red ribbon on a stake tomb?\u00a0 KSW tomb is in the way of the 8 lane highway (photo Catherine Lim)<\/p><\/div>\n

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The tomb of Leow Chia Heng\u00a0 de facto leader of Teochews in Republican Party.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Republican Party was formed after the TMH. See Tiong Wah and Khoo Seok Wan are members. The party together with TMH are collectively part of the Reformation movement of new China after the fall of Qing Dynasty.<\/p>\n

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Penultimate stop, tomb of Lim Keng Chiew (photo Catherine Lim)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Tan Chor Nam, aka as Tan Lian Chye last and most significant stop for the docents. His photo with Sun Yat Sen is the first one which greets visitors at Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall<\/p><\/div>\n

The docents felt that visiting the TMH tombs helped to bring these pioneers\u00a0 alive and they have more stories to share when they next guide at the Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall.<\/p>\n

compiled by Catherine Lim<\/p>\n

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