API DIY TOUR FOR BUKIT BROWN THIS SATURDAY, 5 NOV 2011
Hong Lim Park (Cheang Hong Lim), Boon Lay MRT (Chew Boon Lay), Yishun & Chong Pang Estates (Mrs Lim Nee Soon & Lim Chong pang), Tan Tock Seng Hospital (Tan Kim Ching‘s father), Gan Eng Seng School (Gan Eng Seng), Koon Seng Road (Cheong Koon Seng), Kheam Hock Road (Tan Kheam Hock), Eng Neo Avenue (Tan Eng Neo), Keong Saik Road (Tan Keong Saik), Bukit Ho Swee (Teh Ho Swee), Joo Chiat Place (Chew Joo Chiat), Sam Leong Road (Ong Sam Leong) Boon Tat Street (Ong Boon Tat), Seah Im Carpark (Ang Seah Im), Ean Kiam Place (Tan Ean Kiam), Ewe Boon Road (Mrs See Ewe Boon), Khoo Teck Phuat Hospital (Khoo Yang Tin‘s son), Goldbell Mansion (Tan Boo Liat), Tay Koh Yat Bus Company (Tay Koh Yat), Tan Cheng Siong (President Tony Tan Grandfather), Tan Bing Ching (Tan Tock Seng Grandson), Confucious 72nd Generation, Khoo Seok Wan, Lee Hoon Leong (Lee Kuan Yew Grandfather) …….
These are names you may be familiar with. There are many more.
Come take a stroll with API this coming Saturday, in the rolling greens of Bukit Brown, the final resting place of many of the Singapore Pioneers who lived, loved, and contributed to Singapore in so many ways.
Come learn about them, their lives and their families, and who knows, you might find your ancestors there too….
Time to meet: 9am.
Location: Gate of Bukit Brown.
For more information, refer to our previous Notice of earlier DIY Tour here.
Our Government is determined to demolish this place in the name of Development, just when we were beginning to learn more about Singapore’s past, in ways never possible before.
To participate in our discussion, join the Bukit Brown Facebook Page.
To follow the footsteps of Raymond Goh, ‘Guardian of Bukit Brown’, follow his personal blog here.
To help in the documentation of Bukit Brown, go here.