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Bukit Brown Announcement

Dear Reader,

For all Bukit Brown related matters and tours, please visit http://bukitbrown.com/main/ 

API is part of the growing community fighting to save the resting place of our forefathers, from being destroyed by the present day government, through the construction of a 8 lane highway to replace the current Lornie Road.

What do we know of the early Singaporeans who came, once loved, lived, died in, & died for this Country we called Singapore? Learn about them in Bukit Brown, and the Pride of being a Singaporean.

Do also join the Bukit Brown's community facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/groups/bukitbrown.

API Spooky Tours - Uniquely Singapore

 

API Spooky Tours is listed as 1 of 20 Unique Things to do in Singapore, according to STB visitsingapore.com website. Know more here.
API Events Calender - JOIN US!
To join any events, please contact direct to the Organisation.

Kindly email to events@api.sg if contact details are unavailable.
Archives of our past API Events HERE.
31 Jan 2011 - NUS Tourism Geography Spooky Tour
26 Mar 2011 - NHB/SHC Bukit Brown Cemetery Heritage Tour
16 Apr 2011 - API Guided Bukit Brown Cemetery Public Tour
13 May 2011 - Silver Ribbon's "Friday the 13th" Talk
16 Apr 2011 - API Guided Bukit Brown Cemetery Public Tour
19 & 26 June 2011 - API DIY Bukit Brown Cemetery Tour
23 July 2011 - Ulu Pandan CC YEC Spooky Tour
26 Aug 2011 - URA Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery Tour
14 Sep 2011 - GV Free Horror Movie Preview (Details here)
9 & 24 Sep 2011 - PMB Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery Tour
12 Sep 2011 - LTA Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery Walking Tour
21 Sep 2011 - PMB Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery Walking Tour
24 Sep 2011 - PMB Volunteer Guides Bukit Brown Cemetery Tour
27 Sep 2011 - M.O.S Tan Chuan Jin Private Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery Tour
28 Sep 2011 - URA Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery Tour 2
1 Oct 2011 - API Bukit Brown Cemetery Tomb Clearing Day (Volunteers needed!)
9 & 16 Oct 2011 - API DIY Tour & Remember Your Ancestors Day at Bukit Brown
20 Oct 2011 - API Free Movie Preview (23:59 The Movie!)
29 Oct 2011 - St. James Powerhouse Horrorplex 23:59 Halloween
29 Oct 2011 - LKY School of Public Policy BBCC Tour
5 Nov 2011 - API DIY Bukit Brown Tour
26 Nov 2011 - API DIY Bukit Brown Tour (assemble at 9am)
29 Nov 2011 - ODAC CCA Changi Mystery Trail
10 Dec 2011 - API DIY Bukit Brown Tour (assemble at 9am)
Bukit Brown Family Day 11 & 18 March
Written by Charles Goh   
Friday, 09 March 2012 00:29

As the date creeps ever closer to end of Bukit Brown as we know it...

Let's make one last stance, come with your family, friends, schoolmates, working mates, & celebrate the memory of Bukit Brown before it gives way to the unrelentless demolition of its heritage & legacy lost....

Come join us for the next 2 Sundays, 11 & 18 March, 8am to 1pm.

Free Guided Tours to explore this Living Museum & walk back in time to a Singapore forgotten by Most.

For more information, please visit Bukitbrown.com.

Last Updated on Friday, 16 March 2012 23:14
 
New alignment for road cutting through Bukit Brown?
Written by Charles Goh   
Sunday, 11 December 2011 00:43

New alignment for road cutting through Bukit Brown?
By Hoe Yeen Nie | Posted: 05 December 2011

SINGAPORE: It is likely that the proposed new road that cuts through Bukit Brown cemetery in central Singapore will get a new alignment.

Last Updated on Friday, 16 March 2012 23:15
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Free Map for DIY Tours to Bukit Brown
Written by Charles Goh   
Wednesday, 29 June 2011 00:57

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Following the success of the 2 Sundays DIY Tours at Bukit Brown, API has decided to release a Map showing the locations of the Notable Singapore Pioneers that lies resting in Bukit Brown.
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Last Updated on Friday, 24 February 2012 01:44
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Pictorial Representation of Bukit Brown
Written by Charles Goh   
Wednesday, 29 June 2011 00:57

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In view of the overwhelming requests from the public looking for their ancestors' tombs, API has decided to draw a Map showing the various blocks and sections of Bukit Brown.  Please note that besides the regular numer series (without alphabets), there is also a P series and an A and AA series in some sections for later burials due to lack of space in BB.  They are usually in running sequence order except for some cases whereby their plots were taken over by burials not following the sequence, but they should then be nearby.  Get hold of a tomb showing the tomb number in that particular sector and use it as a marker to search for your ancestors' tombs

Please approach us (if we are there)  or the tomb keepers in Bukit Brown if you need assistance to search for the tombs.  They have many years of experience in searching for tombs. Take care of your safety first as some terrain may be difficult.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 27 October 2011 18:51
 
Closed - The Mystery of Hillview Mansion
Written by Webmaster   
Wednesday, 09 August 2006 08:37

The Mysterious Hillview Mansion that was left to ruins and rumoured to be haunted

This article was written some years ago. Hillview Mansion has since been demolished, and has in fact passed from most memories.

Last Updated on Monday, 02 April 2012 01:17
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Debunking the Myth of Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall
Written by Charles Goh   
Thursday, 15 December 2011 14:27

A tomb discovery by Raymond Goh in Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery revealed a startling Myth that everyone had accepted as a fact for a hundred years!

Above: The tomb of Boey Chuan Poh found by Raymond Goh in Bukit Brown. 

UNRAVELLING THE NAME OF HOUSE CALLED BIN CHAN

Last Updated on Sunday, 25 December 2011 01:37
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API in History Asia - Hidden Cities
Written by Charles Goh   
Monday, 28 November 2011 12:28
CATCH API AND THE MARSILING TUNNELS ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL - HIDDEN CITIES this Wednesday, 30 Nov from 9pm. More information here.

 
WATCH THE EPISODE HERE.
Last Updated on Friday, 02 December 2011 01:35
 
Solved - Mystery of the Underground Marsiling Tunnel
Written by Charles Goh   
Sunday, 27 November 2011 00:11

Hidden in a small hill in Marsiling, a short distance from the old Immigration Checkpoint and the Causeway connecting Singapore and Malaysia, there lies a tunnel system that most Singaporeans don't know about. 

Last Updated on Monday, 28 November 2011 12:36
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Open Letter to Our President - From the Residents of Bukit Brown
Written by Charles Goh   
Saturday, 15 October 2011 22:56
A plea to the President - Discover your Roots in Bukit Brown

Dear Mr President,

A few days ago, we saw you sitting at the highest chair in the parliament, yes, you are the newly appointed president.

You have never disappoint your parents and ancestors, and they are certainly proud of you.

When you were a young student, you already excelled in your studies, in 1957, you were the top student in Singapore with 8 distinctions for the Cambridge School Certificate, and in 1959 again you topped the Cambridge Higher School Certificate while in SJI.

It is a pity your father Seng Hwee died young, at the age of 47, in 1962. At that time your mother Jessie Lim has to bring up herself the 4 children.

But she certainly had a full and wonderful life, and she died in 1999 at a ripe old age. If there is one rule which she lived by, it was to get on with life, as she has done with determination for 36 years after your father Seng Hwee passed away.

But your grandfather Cheng Siong died young too as he died at the age of 42, just at the peak of his career as GM of Overseas Chinese Bank, and managing the United Sawmill Ltd, of which the directors included Lim Nee Soon, Ong Peng Hock and Lim Boon Keng

Your grandfather was a JP and a prominent citizen of the community, and was ever willing to give a helping hand in any charitable cause.

 Tan Cheng Siong’s tomb – your grandfather

Last Updated on Saturday, 15 October 2011 23:13
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The Discovering of Mrs Tan Quee Lan Grave
Written by Charles Goh   
Sunday, 02 October 2011 21:57
It was during one of the tours we held in Bukit Brown that we received some very interesting info from a tour participant.

There was a tomb in the prestigious Bukit Timah Estate, behind a row of private houses along Sian Tuan Avenue, and nobody there seem to know
who was buried there and why.

It was a case worthy of investigation, in current times where every inch of land is expensive in Singapore, is there still a tomb lying around in the Bukit Timah private estate?

True enough, we found an old tomb there:
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Last Updated on Sunday, 02 October 2011 22:39
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Solved - The Mystery of the Chee Guan Chiang House
Written by Charles Goh   
Thursday, 08 September 2011 00:20

On 4 Sep 2011, Singapore leading Newspaper The Sunday Times published on its front page an interesting headline...

Abandoned and derelict, but beautiful and brimming with history

The article featured a number of houses, seemingly abandoned in Singapore. The 1st house mentioned in the ST article was the Chee Guan Chiang House. 

Built in 1938, the House was designed and built by Ho Kwong Yew, one of the leading architects of the Modern Movement (ie., De La Warr Pavilion) in Singapore during the 1930s.

The House was named the Chee Guan Chiang House, after 1 of its 2 owners. The other owner being the Chee Swee Cheng & Company Private Limited. The Company owned many properties in Orchard including The Heeren

The House was given Conservation Status by URA on 23rd May 2008. (link)

According to the ST report:-

A red mailbox hung from the gate, alongside two signs warning against trespassers and illegal parking on the private property..... in 2007 that the property could be seen only by residents from neighbouring condominiums who used it as a short cut to Orchard Road.

Before 2008, residents from a condomimum still could use an old road to gain access to the back gate of their condo.......

Last Updated on Monday, 19 September 2011 16:29
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INTERLUDE
Written by Charles Goh   
Friday, 08 July 2011 23:21
INTERLUDE
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A cool chill blew across the rolling grass of Bukit Brown.

It woke up Tan Kim Ching (son of Tan Tock Seng).

He yelled out to his friend below, Cheang Hong Lim (Speakers’ Corner): You feel that, Hong Lim?"

Hong Lim shuddered and nodded: "Let’s go find out what’s happening."

Together they stroll down the lonely path till they came up to 2 brothers Lim Chong Pang (Chong Pang Market) and Lim Chong Kuo, with their mother, Mrs Lim Nee Soon (Yishun Estate).

Mrs Lim looked at the 2 elderly gentlemen strolling towards them and ask: "Is it time?"
Last Updated on Sunday, 10 July 2011 00:44
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The Rediscovery of Tan Eng Neo (Avenue)
Written by Charles Goh   
Thursday, 07 July 2011 23:38
The Persistent Spirit of Eng Neo
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This is a strange tale of a Road named Eng Neo Avenue......
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And the 3 year search for the tomb of Tan Eng Neo, who sleeps in Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery...
Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 April 2012 23:16
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Meet the Weekend Tomb Explorers
Written by Charles Goh   
Wednesday, 20 July 2011 17:02

Last Updated on Thursday, 28 July 2011 15:19
 
The Untold Beginning of Bukit Brown
Written by Charles Goh   
Saturday, 02 July 2011 23:26
A Hill for Mr Brown - The Beginnning
George Henry Brown with daughter Charlotte Ellen, Singapore 1863 (Bukit Brown is named after him)


George Henry Brown was born sometime around 1826.

He came to Singapore in the 1840’s and started G H Brown & Co in 1 Jul 1854 as Merchants and Commission Agents.

It would be the same year in 1854 that a 27 year old Ellen would first step onto the shores of Singapore. At age 27, she was considered someone left on the shelf, still unmarried.
Last Updated on Sunday, 10 July 2011 01:02
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Friday the 13th - Psychosis VS Possession Talk
Written by Charles Goh   
Sunday, 10 April 2011 22:13

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Last Updated on Sunday, 10 April 2011 22:22
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Understanding Ghost Photos
Written by fengshui   
Sunday, 13 August 2006 16:55

 

Many people have heard or seen paranormal photos. API helps you to understand them.  

| Understanding Paranormal Photos |
Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 September 2011 21:49
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Solved - The Case of the Singapore Monkey Tree
Written by Webmaster   
Sunday, 16 September 2007 18:37

This Debunker made it to Shin Min on 19 Sep 07. Read the News at our forums.

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The mid-month of September was the ending of the Hungry Ghost Month, but it also heralded the arrival of another well-know strange phenomena in Singapore.

The worship of Spirit Trees.

Above - The Monkey Tree of Jurong West

Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 September 2011 21:58
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Open - The Singapore Marble Dropping Mystery
Written by Webmaster   
Monday, 10 September 2007 11:49

 

Last Updated on Thursday, 14 October 2010 13:53
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Open - The Malaysian Bigfoot Enigma
Written by Web Master   
Saturday, 12 June 2004 19:54

 

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Bigfoot Discovery Trail II was led by the Malaysian Chapter of API, from 30th July 2006 with leading US Bigfoot Experts.

 

Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 September 2011 22:07
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