{"id":8980,"date":"2014-05-21T13:20:49","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T05:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/?p=8980"},"modified":"2014-06-04T11:46:27","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T03:46:27","slug":"cheok-hak-leng-%e7%9f%b3%e5%ad%a6%e8%83%bd-seng-cheong-sawmill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/2014\/cheok-hak-leng-%e7%9f%b3%e5%ad%a6%e8%83%bd-seng-cheong-sawmill\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheok Hak Leng (\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd) : Seng Cheong Sawmill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Ang Yik Han<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9002\" style=\"width: 238px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cheok-Hak-Leng-\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd-2Yik-Han.jpg-NUS-chinese-lib.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9002\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9002\" title=\"Cheok Hak Leng (\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd) (image source:  NUS Chinese Library)\" alt=\"Cheok Hak Leng (\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd)  2Yik Han.jpg NUS  chinese lib\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cheok-Hak-Leng-\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd-2Yik-Han.jpg-NUS-chinese-lib.jpg\" width=\"228\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cheok-Hak-Leng-\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd-2Yik-Han.jpg-NUS-chinese-lib.jpg 228w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cheok-Hak-Leng-\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd-2Yik-Han.jpg-NUS-chinese-lib-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cheok-Hak-Leng-\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd-2Yik-Han.jpg-NUS-chinese-lib-213x320.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cheok Hak Leng (\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd) (image source: NUS Chinese Library)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Cheok Hak Leng (\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd) died in 1929 at the age of 34. His father was a rice merchant and he studied in Chong Cheng School. After leaving school, he founded Seng Cheong Sawmill with two other partners. He was the firm&#8217;s general manager.<\/p>\n<p>It was mentioned in an account of his life that he joined the Tong Meng Hui in Singapore (Lim Nee Soon&#8217;s list of Tongmenghui members does not include his name, unless he joined under a pseudonym). Given that the Chinese Revolution took place in 1911 when he was only 16, he would have been a very young member.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9003\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cheok-Hak-Leng-\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd-1Yik-Han.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9003\" class=\" wp-image-9003 \" title=\"Cheok Hak Leng (\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd)  (photo Yik Han)\" alt=\"Cheok Hak Leng (\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd)  (photo Yik Han)\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cheok-Hak-Leng-\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd-1Yik-Han.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cheok-Hak-Leng-\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd-1Yik-Han.jpg 960w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cheok-Hak-Leng-\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd-1Yik-Han-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cheok-Hak-Leng-\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd-1Yik-Han-280x210.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9003\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The tomb of Cheok Hak Leng (\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd) (photo Yik Han)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On his tomb, a pair of couplets.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9008\" style=\"width: 269px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9008\" class=\" wp-image-9008  \" title=\"\u7cbe\u9b42\u6e38\u4ed9\u754c &quot;The immortal spirit wanders about the heavenly realms&quot; (photo Yik Han)\" alt=\"Cheok Hak Leng (\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd)  1Yik Han.jpg \u7cbe\u9b42\u6e38\u4ed9\u754c The immortal spirit wanders about the heavenly realms\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cheok-Hak-Leng-\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd-1Yik-Han1.jpg-\u7cbe\u9b42\u6e38\u4ed9\u754c-The-immortal-spirit-wanders-about-the-heavenly-realms1.jpg\" width=\"259\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cheok-Hak-Leng-\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd-1Yik-Han1.jpg-\u7cbe\u9b42\u6e38\u4ed9\u754c-The-immortal-spirit-wanders-about-the-heavenly-realms1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cheok-Hak-Leng-\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd-1Yik-Han1.jpg-\u7cbe\u9b42\u6e38\u4ed9\u754c-The-immortal-spirit-wanders-about-the-heavenly-realms1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cheok-Hak-Leng-\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd-1Yik-Han1.jpg-\u7cbe\u9b42\u6e38\u4ed9\u754c-The-immortal-spirit-wanders-about-the-heavenly-realms1-240x320.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u7cbe\u9b42\u6e38\u4ed9\u754c\u00a0 (photo Yik Han)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u7cbe\u9b42\u6e38\u4ed9\u754c<\/p>\n<p><em>The immortal spirit wanders about the heavenly realms<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9007\" style=\"width: 269px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cheok-Hak-Leng-\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd-1Yik-Han1.jpg-2-\u91d1\u5c38\u57cb\u4fd7\u5c18-The-corporeal-body-lies-buried-in-the-mortal-world1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9007\" class=\" wp-image-9007   \" title=\"\u7cbe\u9b42\u6e38\u4ed9\u754c &quot;The immortal spirit wanders about the heavenly realms&quot; (photo Yik Han)\" alt=\"Cheok Hak Leng (\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd)  1Yik Han.jpg 2 \u91d1\u5c38\u57cb\u4fd7\u5c18 The corporeal body lies buried in the mortal world\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cheok-Hak-Leng-\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd-1Yik-Han1.jpg-2-\u91d1\u5c38\u57cb\u4fd7\u5c18-The-corporeal-body-lies-buried-in-the-mortal-world1.jpg\" width=\"259\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cheok-Hak-Leng-\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd-1Yik-Han1.jpg-2-\u91d1\u5c38\u57cb\u4fd7\u5c18-The-corporeal-body-lies-buried-in-the-mortal-world1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cheok-Hak-Leng-\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd-1Yik-Han1.jpg-2-\u91d1\u5c38\u57cb\u4fd7\u5c18-The-corporeal-body-lies-buried-in-the-mortal-world1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cheok-Hak-Leng-\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd-1Yik-Han1.jpg-2-\u91d1\u5c38\u57cb\u4fd7\u5c18-The-corporeal-body-lies-buried-in-the-mortal-world1-240x320.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9007\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u91d1\u5c38\u57cb\u4fd7\u5c18 (photo Yik Han)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u91d1\u5c38\u57cb\u4fd7\u5c18<\/p>\n<p><em>The corporeal body lies buried in the mortal world<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A footnote:<\/p>\n<p>8 December 2012<br data-reactid=\".1.1:3:1:$comment650610745009143_650704248333126:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$3:0\" \/>Straits Time: Life!<br data-reactid=\".1.1:3:1:$comment650610745009143_650704248333126:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$3:0\" \/>Meaningful to find ancestors&#8217; tombs <br data-reactid=\".1.1:3:1:$comment650610745009143_650704248333126:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$5:0\" \/><br data-reactid=\".1.1:3:1:$comment650610745009143_650704248333126:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$7:0\" \/>Melissa Sim&#8217;s article Finders Of Long- forgotten Tombs (Sunday Life!, Dec 2) was unique and interesting.<br data-reactid=\".1.1:3:1:$comment650610745009143_650704248333126:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$9:0\" \/><br data-reactid=\".1.1:3:1:$comment650610745009143_650704248333126:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$11:0\" \/>I had long wanted to find the tomb of my grandfather, who died in 1929 and was buried at the Bukit Brown cemetery. When the Land Transport Authority announced its plans last year to build a highway that will cut through the cemetery, my interest was reignited.<br data-reactid=\".1.1:3:1:$comment650610745009143_650704248333126:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$13:0\" \/><br data-reactid=\".1.1:3:1:$comment650610745009143_650704248333126:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$15:0\" \/>Armed with a copy of the register of burials from the National Archives, I made my way to the cemetery full of hope of locating my grandfather&#8217;s grave. How wrong I was. Bukit Brown is a massive place with no proper signs and directions, making it difficult to find ancestors&#8217; tombstones.<br data-reactid=\".1.1:3:1:$comment650610745009143_650704248333126:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$17:0\" \/><br data-reactid=\".1.1:3:1:$comment650610745009143_650704248333126:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$19:0\" \/>It was during my second trip there in January this year, after a futile attempt the previous month, that I discovered not only my grandfather&#8217;s tomb but also those of his two brothers adjacent to his. <br data-reactid=\".1.1:3:1:$comment650610745009143_650704248333126:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$21:0\" \/><br data-reactid=\".1.1:3:1:$comment650610745009143_650704248333126:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$23:0\" \/>All this was made possible through the assistance of Mr Raymond Goh, who was featured in Ms Sim&#8217;s article.<br data-reactid=\".1.1:3:1:$comment650610745009143_650704248333126:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$25:0\" \/><br data-reactid=\".1.1:3:1:$comment650610745009143_650704248333126:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$27:0\" \/>Mr Goh said: &#8220;This is my country, it&#8217;s worth fighting for because my ancestors are here.&#8221; I echo that statement.<br data-reactid=\".1.1:3:1:$comment650610745009143_650704248333126:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$29:0\" \/><br data-reactid=\".1.1:3:1:$comment650610745009143_650704248333126:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$31:0\" \/>Bennie Cheok<br data-reactid=\".1.1:3:1:$comment650610745009143_650704248333126:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$33:0\" \/>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br data-reactid=\".1.1:3:1:$comment650610745009143_650704248333126:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$35:0\" \/>NB: Bernie Cheok is a grandson of Cheok Hak Leng<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9006\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cheok-Hak-Leng-\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd-Yik-Han.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9006\" class=\" wp-image-9006\" title=\"Cheok Hak Leng (\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd) (photo Yik Han)\" alt=\"Cheok Hak Leng (\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd) (photo Yik Han)\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cheok-Hak-Leng-\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd-Yik-Han.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cheok-Hak-Leng-\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd-Yik-Han.jpg 960w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cheok-Hak-Leng-\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd-Yik-Han-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cheok-Hak-Leng-\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd-Yik-Han-280x210.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cheok Hak Leng (\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd) (photo Yik Han)<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(The tomb is at Hill 3,\u00a0 up the track after Tan Chor Lam&#8217;s grave)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; by Ang Yik Han Cheok Hak Leng (\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd) died in 1929 at the age of 34. His father was a rice merchant and he studied in Chong Cheng School. After leaving school, he founded Seng Cheong Sawmill with two other partners. He was the firm&#8217;s general manager. It was mentioned in an account of his life that he joined the Tong Meng Hui in Singapore (Lim Nee Soon&#8217;s list of Tongmenghui members does not include his name, unless he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[504,83,115,88,81,84],"tags":[489,492,490,491],"class_list":["post-8980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-date","category-featured","category-gallery-photo-exhibitions","category-in-memoriam","category-slider","category-tombs","tag-cheok-hak-leng","tag-chong-cheng-school","tag-seng-cheong-sawmill","tag-tong-meng-hui"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cheok Hak Leng (\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd) : Seng Cheong Sawmill  - Bukit Brown: A World Monuments Watch Site in 2014<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/2014\/cheok-hak-leng-\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd-seng-cheong-sawmill\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cheok Hak Leng (\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd) : Seng Cheong Sawmill  - Bukit Brown: A World Monuments Watch Site in 2014\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; by Ang Yik Han Cheok Hak Leng (\u77f3\u5b66\u80fd) died in 1929 at the age of 34. 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