Reflections of Bukit Brown
Below are some websites/blogs by people who have been on our DIY or Guided Tours or have visited BBCC: http://bukitbrown.org/ (Regular updates of Raymond Goh’s new tombs discoveries in Bukit Brown) http://www.facebook.com/groups/bukitbrown/ (Facebook Group for all API discussion and updates relating… Read More
Open Letter to Our President – From the Residents of Bukit Brown
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… Read More
Singapore Graveyard Stirs Lively Debate
Singapore Graveyard Stirs Lively Debate By Chun Han Wong Chun Han Wong/The Wall Street Journal – Visitors stroll past hillside graves near the main entrance to the Bukit Brown cemetery, located in a remote, densely vegetated part of central… Read More
My piece of Bukit Brown
My piece of Bukit Brown Ng Tze Yong on what he found at the historic cemetery slated to make way for a new highway. By Ng Tze Yong ST Online Social Media Editortzeyong@sph.com.sg I have only been to… Read More
The Biggest Grave in Singapore
Do you know where is the biggest grave in Singapore? The size of 10 3 roomed HDB flats, this grave was ‘discovered‘ in June 2006, and ‘rediscovered by API in 2007. Now the Tomb, which lies in Bukit… Read More
Meet the Weekend Tomb Explorers
Weekends spent among dead people may seem a spooky pursuit, but brothers Raymond and Charles Goh have found historical gemstones among tombstones. The duo are neither mediums nor ghostbusters, but passionate tomb explorers who enjoy unearthing Singapore’s history… Read More
Buried: A Life
The graveyards are coming ‘alive’ again and it is not just due to the ongoing annual Qing Ming Festival, when many go to pay their respects to the departed. A lively interest has sprung up in Singapore graveyards… Read More
The Untold Beginning of Bukit Brown
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… Read More
The Rediscovery of Tan Eng Neo (Avenue)
The Persistent Spirit of Eng Neo . This is a strange tale of a Road named Eng Neo Avenue…… . . And the 3 year search for the tomb of Tan Eng Neo, who sleeps in Bukit Brown… Read More