# Asia Paranormal Investigators ## Posts - [INTERLUDE](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/interlude/): INTERLUDE . 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... Read More - [Reflections of Bukit Brown](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/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 to BBCC) http://www.api.sg/forum/viewforum.php?f=108 (API Forum page) http://sosbukitbrown.wordpress.com/     http://clayman79.blogspot.com/2011/10/bukit-brown-cemetery-heritage-walk.htm http://swirlmylife.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/bukit-brown-cemetery/   http://myitchyfingers.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/ http://23princessroad.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/a-national-heritage-board-overseeing-all-aspects-of-heritage-except-cemeteries/ http://oceanskies79places.blogspot.com/2011/06/notable-people-who-are-buried-in-bukit.html http://lupbear.blogspot.com/2011/06/why-are-there-no-coffee-beans-on-coffee.html http://yangyangy.wordpress.com/2011/06/25/kopi-sua/ http://piqture-perfect.blogspot.com/2011/06/singapore-bukit-brown-cemetery-notable_28.html http://cbsingapore.blogspot.com/2011/07/bukit-brown-chinese-cemetery.html http://thelongnwindingroad.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/the-unkempt-beauty-of-coffee-hill/ http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/06/when-the-day-is-finished/ http://leelilian.blogspot.com/2011/06/commemorating-bukit-brown-municipal.html http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/pub/naturewatch/text/a101b.htm http://intheweehours.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/bukit-brown-cemetery/ http://wondercreation.blogspot.com/2011/09/night-at-bukit-brown-cemetery.html http://sgn090608.blogspot.com/2011/09/110916-bukit-brown-cemetery.html http://www.expatadventuresinsingapore.com/2011/06/bukit-brown-cemetery.html http://remembersingapore.wordpress.com/bukit-brown-cemetery/ http://vimeo.com/28981782 http://www.lindykerr.com/photos/main.php?g2_itemId=2004 http://joyloh.com/blog/?p=2945 http://cavinteo.blogspot.com/2011/10/bukit-brown-cemetery-coffee-hill.html http://www.goodpaper.sg/saving-bukit-brown-cemetery/ http://latitudes.nu/land-scarcity-heritage-conservation-in-singapore-bukit-brown-cemetery/ - [Open Letter to Our President - From the Residents of Bukit Brown](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/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 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... Read More - [Singapore Graveyard Stirs Lively Debate](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/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 Singapore. Life is abundant after death in a remote Singapore graveyard, where a struggle over a forgotten stretch of the island nation’s history has stirred strident debate over the spirit of its future. Authorities and activists are jousting over the fate of the remains of up to 100,000 dead people – including luminaries of the island’s colonial yesteryears – interred at the... Read More - [My piece of Bukit Brown](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/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 Bukit Brown Cemetery twice. Once, when I got lost on a bicycle. And the second time, last Sunday, when my wife and I signed up for a tour with the Asia Paranormal Investigators (API) on a whim. Oh, I thought, it would be such a yuppie thing to do, to explore a forest of ancient graves threatened by modernisation and all things... Read More - [The Biggest Grave in Singapore](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/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 Brown cemetery, is 1 of the destinations in many of API Spooky tours. The Biggest Tomb has been featured in many API media news (1, 2, 3) and on Channel U – ON THE BEAT 2 as well. Watch the Trailer here. - [Meet the Weekend Tomb Explorers](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/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 through graves. One recent case after a three-year search was their discovery of the tomb, in Bukit Brown Cemetery, of Madam Tan Eng Neo, whom Eng Neo Avenue is named after. For the siblings, finding where the wife of wealthy Chinese businessman Gaw Boon Chan was buried was fulfilling, and not just because it marked the end of their longest quest for... Read More - [Buried: A Life](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/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 and their history, so much so that two brothers offer day and night cemetery tours based on request. An average of 40 people a time happily shell out up to $45 each to be escorted by amateur historians Charles and Raymond Goh. The groups are a mix of young working professionals and the elderly. However, the brothers stress that their cemetery sightseeing... Read More - [The Untold Beginning of Bukit Brown](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/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 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. But Cupid smiled on her, for she would met and fell... Read More - [The Rediscovery of Tan Eng Neo (Avenue)](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/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 Chinese Cemetery… . The Tip-Off on a broken-off Tomb Piece . It was at a Paranormal Fair held at Heeren in the middle of 2008 that we received a tip-off. . The Informant said that there was one big tree in Eng Neo Avenue where the Informant heard that there was a spirit living in that tree and that occasionally someone prayed... Read More - [Bukit Brown Municipal Cemetery by Infopedia](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/bukit-brown-municipal-cemetery-by-infopedia/): The below text is taken from Singapore Infopedia The Bukit Brown Municipal Cemetery, located between Lornie Road and Mount Pleasant Road, was officially opened on 1 January 1922. Previously a 211-acre plot of land that belonged to the Hokkien Ong clan, the Municipality had acquired a section of it in 1918-1919 to serve the burial needs of the wider Chinese community. It was opened for more than half a century until its closure in 1973. Early beginnings of Bukit Brown Bukit Brown was named after George Henry Brown, a shipowner, trader and broker who arrived in Singapore in the 1840s.... Read More - [The unwavering Stance of our Government](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/the-unwavering-stance-of-our-government/): Land Transport Authority Media Release – 12 Sep 2011 Construction of New Dual Four-Lane Road to Relieve Congestion Along PIE & Lornie Road and Serve Future Developments Is this the end?? Quotable Quotes: Raymond Goh (API): “Once we removed Bukit Brown and turn it completely into an urban concrete jungle, we will have lost that integral part that bind us to our roots and is irreplaceable. Only if we remember our roots from whence we came, can we really love the country and the people that nurture us to what we are today.” Charles Goh (API): “Though long dead, their names can... Read More - [LTA proposed road corrider will affected an estimated 10,000 graves and area of 24 hectares, tearing Bukit Brown apart](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/lta-proposed-road-corrider-will-affected-an-estimated-10000-graves-and-area-of-24-hectares-tearing-bukit-brown-apart/): LTA tender for the ID for the graves has just been closed on 3 Oct. . The tender call for an estimated 10,000 graves for identification and an area of 24 hectares.   The identification of the graves must be completed within 3 months from the date of award. 10,000 graves for identification. . An area of 24 Hectares = 60 acres . The contractor must submit to the authorities every week a min of 850 graves identified .   Sample data to be collected.. Photograph sample of grave in the tender form – This grave will be affected, it... Read More - [A Letter to Straits Times - Keep Bukit Brown graves: Descendants](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/a-letter-to-straits-times-keep-bukit-brown-graves-descendants/): The Straits Times Forum – 19/10/2011 Keep Bukit Brown graves: Descendants THE consequence of the decision by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) to clear Bukit Brown Cemetery to make way for a highway and future housing developments is an irreplaceable loss to generations of Singaporeans (‘Redevelopment plans for Bukit Brown site’, Sept 13; and Forum letter ‘Rethink road widening affecting cemetery’ by Mr Liew Kai Khiun, Sept 16). Indeed much of the historical and social value of Bukit Brown Cemetery is still being uncovered by volunteers today, yet preparations for clearing works are slated... Read More - [Partnering Stakeholders to Document Graves Affected by the New Road at Bukit Brown Cemetery](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/partnering-stakeholders-to-document-graves-affected-by-the-new-road-at-bukit-brown-cemetery/): LTA News Release, Partnering Stakeholders to Document Graves Affected by the New Road at Bukit Brown Cemetery To meaningfully capture the history and heritage of the graves affected by the new road at the Bukit Brown Cemetery, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and Land Transport Authority (LTA) have partnered key stakeholders in the community to establish a framework to guide the documentation of these graves. 2 In a meeting with stakeholders from the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan, The Peranakan Association of Singapore, Singapore Heritage Society, academics and grave experts, Minister of State for National Development Tan Chuan-Jin affirmed the government’s... Read More - [Spaces for the Living: A Discussion on Bukit Brown Cemetery](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/spaces-for-the-living-a-discussion-on-bukit-brown-cemetery/): Spaces for the Living: A Discussion on Bukit Brown Cemetery Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 5:00 PM (GMT+0800) Singapore City, Singapore     Chew Boon Lay, Gan Eng Seng, Cheang Hong Lim, and Teh Ho Swee – these are names of our roads and MRT stations. They invest these places – and our everyday life – with a deep historical meaning. Our sense of who we are is continually tested by the tension between heritage and development. On 13 September, the Land Transport Authority announced that part of Bukit Brown Cemetery will be redeveloped to ease traffic congestion. This will... Read More - [A Personal Reflection: Bukit Brown and what it means for all our pasts and our futures](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/a-personal-reflection-bukit-brown-and-what-it-means-for-all-our-pasts-and-our-futures/): A Personal Reflection: Bukit Brown and what it means for all our pasts and our futures by Tan Chuan-Jin on Sunday, November 6, 2011 at 4:54am I was interviewed by ST and ZB on Bukit Brown. These are my thoughts on the matter.   What it means to me Our history and heritage is precious. They are anchors to our past even as we look forward to our future. It matters because in some shape and form, it makes us who we are and not just any global citizen. There is something distinctive and special in being Singapore and Singaporean.... Read More - [MND aware of Bukit Brown cemetery’s rich heritage](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/mnd-aware-of-bukit-brown-cemeterys-rich-heritage/): MND aware of Bukit Brown cemetery’s rich heritage By Channel NewsAsia, Updated: 24/10/2011  SINGAPORE : The Ministry of National Development (MND) has said it is aware of the rich heritage of the Bukit Brown cemetery and is working with civic groups to document graves that will be affected by planned developments. Plans for a new road running through the old cemetery have drawn some criticism for its lack of sensitivity to the area’s history. The Singapore Heritage Society has also said it was not consulted on the plans. A ministry statement said the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and Land Transport... Read More - [New alignment for road cutting through Bukit Brown?](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/new-alignment-for-road-cutting-through-bukit-brown/): 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. Channel NewsAsia understands that the road could bypass a cluster of graves belonging to key historical figures. The announcement of plans for the road in September triggered an uproar among some Singaporeans, who said the cemetery should be preserved. But authorities said the road can’t wait, as congestion in the area needs immediate relief. It is expected that the dual four-lane... Read More - [Debunking the Myth of Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/debunking-the-myth-of-sun-yat-sen-nanyang-memorial-hall/): 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 To verfiy the identity of Boey Chuan Poh, API’s Raymond Goh did a historical background check and reveal, among other things, this Obiturary:- Translated, it meant:- Boey Chuan Poh was a honorary gentleman who contributed much to society, He has been in the newspapers industry for more than 20 over years, and... Read More - [Community for Bukit Brown calls for moratorium on plans for Bukit Brown](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/community-for-bukit-brown-calls-for-moratorium-on-plans-for-bukit-brown/): Press Statement For Immediate Release (March 19, 2012) The community of concerned groups over the future of Bukit Brown is formally calling for a moratorium on all plans for Bukit Brown. This moratorium should be in place until there is clarity over long-term plans for the area and discussions over alternatives have been exhausted. Given on-going national discussions over housing, transportation and immigration, there is room for policy adjustments. Plans to develop housing and transport infrastructure in the greater Bukit Brown area cannot be made when these discussions are underway and before the public has had an opportunity to fully... Read More - [Bukit Brown Cemetery Free Guided Tour](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/bukit-brown-cemetery-free-guided-tour/): Bukit Brown Cemetery is slated for redevelopment, so the more we must archive them in memory…….. INTRICATE carvings of dragons and phoenixes, and other Chinese mythological creatures decorate many tombstones lying in the Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery. Not only that, the cemetery is also a storehouse of the history of prominent pioneers of the Chinese community here…. (Neo Hui Min, ST, 20 May 2002) Starting time for the tour is 2 pm on 7 Apr 2007 (Saturday). Pick up point is the Bus Bay in front of Newton Food court at 1.20 pm for those who don’t drive. If you... Read More - [Radio 1003 Bukit Brown Cemetery Tour](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/radio-1003-bukit-brown-cemetery-tour/): On last April 7th, API & Radio 1003 jointly organised a Night Excursion to Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery. This year, during the night of April 4th, 2008, API & Radio 1003 did it again… Photo from left: Wenhong, Alvin, Kemin, Jianwen, Shaney, Timothy, Charles Goh, Raymond Goh - [Bukit Brown: Living Museum of the Dead](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/bukit-brown-living-museum-of-the-dead/): The Bukit Brown Living Museum of the Dead Heritage Walk is lead by API Raymond Goh. - [Free Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery DIY Tour](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/free-bukit-brown-chinese-cemetery-diy-tour/): . . “Come down to see the rich cultural and historical heritage of Bukit Brown where many of our Singapore pioneers and forefathers from the late 19th century to the early 20th century are buried here. Once we removed Bukit Brown and turn it completely into an urban concrete jungle, we will have lost that integral part that bind us to our roots and is irreplaceable Only if we remember our roots from whence we came, can we really love the country and the people that nurture us to what we are today.” . Raymond Goh . Public InformationDate: 19... Read More - [Pictorial Representation of Bukit Brown](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/pictorial-representation-of-bukit-brown/): . 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... Read More - [Free Map for DIY Tours to Bukit Brown](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/free-map-for-diy-tours-to-bukit-brown/): Draft Advance Release Event: Remember Your Ancestors’ Day cum DIY/Guided Cemetery Tour     Bukit Brown – Burial ground of Singapore Pioneers Date: 9 Oct (Sun) 16 Oct (Sun) 2011, from 9 am to 1 pm Meeting point: In front of Bukit Brown Cemetery Gates at Lorong Halwa, off Kheam Hock Road —————————————————————————– Steps to find out if your ancestor’s graves in Bukit Brown Cemetery: As Bukit Brown was a government cemetery, there is a burial register kept in the form of microfilm at the National Archives of Singapore at 1 Canning Rise. The burial records were written in English and kept in... Read More - [Bukit Brown: Remembering Your Ancestors Day cum DIY Guided Cemetery Tour](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/bukit-brown-remembering-your-ancestors-day-cum-diy-guided-cemetery-tour/): Draft Advance Release Event: Remember Your Ancestors’ Day cum DIY/Guided Cemetery Tour     Bukit Brown – Burial ground of Singapore Pioneers Date: 9 Oct (Sun) 16 Oct (Sun) 2011, from 9 am to 1 pm Meeting point: In front of Bukit Brown Cemetery Gates at Lorong Halwa, off Kheam Hock Road —————————————————————————– Steps to find out if your ancestor’s graves in Bukit Brown Cemetery: As Bukit Brown was a government cemetery, there is a burial register kept in the form of microfilm at the National Archives of Singapore at 1 Canning Rise. The burial records were written in English and kept in... Read More - [API DIY Tour for Bukit Brown this Sat 5 Nov](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/api-diy-tour-for-bukit-brown-this-sat-5-nov/): 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... Read More - [Bukit Brown Heritage Tour for NUS](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/bukit-brown-heritage-tour-for-nus/): Bukit Brown is proud to announce it’s first heritage tour to NUS! - [Bukit Brown Family Day 11 & 18 March](https://api.sg/2015/06/02/bukit-brown-family-day-11-18-march/): 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. - [North West Brisk Walk Fest 2012](https://api.sg/2015/06/01/north-west-brisk-walk-fest-2012/): The North West Brisk Walking Clubs is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. To commemorate this, North West Community Development Council is bringing you the inaugural North West Brisk Walk Festival in July and August. With 10 thematic walks, you are bound to find one that’s right up your alley! . API and the Saving Bukit Brown Volunteers are proud to be part of this event. . Click here for more information. ## Pages - [Log In](https://api.sg/topics/log-in/): [discussion_board_login_form] [is_logged_in]You are already logged in[/is_logged_in] - [New Topic](https://api.sg/topics/new-topic/): [discussion_board_form] - [Topics](https://api.sg/topics/): [discussion_topics] [new_topic_button] - [Portfolio Pagey](https://api.sg/portfolio-pagey/) - [Forums](https://api.sg/forums-page/): [bbp-forum-index] - [Bukit Brown Cemetery Free Guided Tour](https://api.sg/bukit-brown-cemetery-free-guided-tour-2/): Bukit Brown Cemetery is slated for redevelopment, so the more we must archive them in memory…….. INTRICATE carvings of dragons and phoenixes, and other Chinese mythological creatures decorate many tombstones lying in the Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery. Not only that, the cemetery is also a storehouse of the history of prominent pioneers of the Chinese community here…. (Neo Hui Min, ST, 20 May 2002) Starting time for the tour is 2 pm on 7 Apr 2007 (Saturday). Pick up point is the Bus Bay in front of Newton Food court at 1.20 pm for those who don’t drive. If you... Read More - [API 'Lady' in Her World Magazine](https://api.sg/api-lady-in-her-world-magazine/): Article Extract:- She screams at cockroaches and mice. Her friends called her timid. Yet when night falls, customer relation officer Chua Hwee Li 23, goes out looking for ghosts with fellow Asia Paranormal Investigators. (API) Armed with scientific gadgets like temperature sensors and trifield meters, she and the other investigators tried to prove the existence of ghosts. “Our investigations are based on research, history and science. If there is a ghost,. the temperature of the air will dip.” she explains. ” And trifield meter can detect movement in the air.” Most of the time, their ghost sightings turn out to... Read More - [Heartland Getaways](https://api.sg/heartland-getaways/): Heartland Getaways is a colourful magazine show that hits straight to the heart: YOUR heart. Effervescent host Chua Enlai gives the neighbourhoods of Singapore a good sniff and delivers his report on how every one of them is so unique. Think it’s time to get to know about other communities and even learn a thing or two about our own? It is. With no stones left unturned, every week, each place will have its best bits and corners unearthed. Hidden secrets formerly known only to its residents will be revealed. Be prepared to come out of the show a better,... Read More - [In search of two heiresses](https://api.sg/in-search-of-two-heiresses/): BORN into old money, Miss Lim Chhui Ngor (the young girl in the photo) was the chief beneficiary of her great-grandfather’s will because she was the only remaining family member who was a direct bloodline descendant. She died last June. She was the great-granddaughter of one of Singapore’s pioneer tycoons, Lim Yew Teok, whose estate includes more than $100 million worth of OCBC Bank shares. After her great-grandmother, father and uncle died, she inherited their shares in the Lim estate. Since Miss Lim was an only child with no spouse or children, her assets can now go only to her... Read More - [API Yin-Yang Eyes' Experiment in Shin Min News Daily](https://api.sg/api-yin-yang-eyes-experiment-in-shin-min-news-daily/): The Gates of Hell open in the lunar 7th ghost month, hundreds of worshippers brave the rain to go to Chua Chu Kang Cemetery to pray. It was a dark eerie rainy night with candles flickering in the darkness. According to folk belief, the lunar 7th month is also called the ghost month, and the first day is when the gates of Hell opened. During this time, the Emperor of Hades would open the gates of Hell and let the “good brothers” come out to visit Earth. In our local temples, belief and respect for the ghost month is strong,... Read More - [The Voodoo Loving Bamboo](https://api.sg/the-voodoo-loving-bamboo-2/): Do you believe in Voodo Grass? We all know that plants can move, i.e, towards sunlight, in search of water etc.. Some plants’ parts ie., the tendrils of creepers ‘move’ a bit when it comes into contact with water, meaning that capillary actions causes the plant to ‘move’. API found a kind of plant that moves instantaneously when it comes into contact with water, appearing more like worms than plant! - [Open - The Mystery of the Strange Exhumation](https://api.sg/open-the-mystery-of-the-strange-exhumation-2/): How are exhumation in Singapore usually done? Well, the National Environmental Agency will first post Notices of its intention to exhume. Then after a period of waiting, the grave would either have been acknowledged by its descendants and exhumed, or if unclaimed, it will be exhumed by the Government. API Raymond found a tomb belonging to the 2nd wife of a once infamous gangster somewhere near Upper Thomson Rd… The strange thing is… it appears to have been robbed of its coffin! A secret society chief 2nd wife grave was mysteriously dug out, leaving only the tombstone! This secret society... Read More - [API in Timeout Magazine - Born to be wild](https://api.sg/api-in-timeout-magazine-born-to-be-wild/): The mention of Yangtze Theatre conjures up in most men, the images of softcore movie screening, dirty seats and dirty old men. What’s the story of old Yangtze? Many of its ‘peers’, like the Oriental, the Majestic, the Capitol, has passed through Time into History… Follow API and Time Out! Reporter Sabrina as we peer behind the velvet curtains of Old Yangtze. Do click on the thumbnails to read the November 07 Issue of Time Out Singapore. - [The Mystery of the Pottery Walls](https://api.sg/the-mystery-of-the-pottery-walls-2/): How long can the past keep itself hidden from the passing of Time & Men? Jars, so commonly used during the 50s to the 80s of Singapore, have been used occasionally as convenient material to shore up hillside slopes and create raised land platforms. - [Granting a Dying Man last Wish](https://api.sg/granting-a-dying-man-last-wish/): A man dying of cancer appeals to the Public to help look for a sister he has not seen for 33 years. The family has lost contact after the Bukit Ho Swee fire that destroyed their homes in the early 60s. What happens when you apply Myth-busting skills to solving real-life issues…. And API did just that, finding the long lost sister. We reproduce the english version below, with concluding remarks by Charles Goh, API Founder. A cancer patient who has about 60 days to live,had his last wish fulfilled,when he was reunited with the sister,”lost” for 33 years. The... Read More - [API in Northeast CDC Spring Oct/Nov Issue](https://api.sg/api-in-northeast-cdc-spring-octnov-issue/): Kampong Lor Buangkok, situated in the East, is featured in the Oct/Nov issue of SPRING. As the Kampong is 1 of the locations in API spooky tours, API is mentioned on the sideline. There is a mistake in location… there are no buried urns the Kampong, they are found in the Ponggol Forest. The reason for the mixup is because in my narration to the Writer, I mentioned that old Lor Buangkok use to link to Old Lor Ponggol and the villagers used to travel up and down the Lorongs. Enjoy the writeup. - [The 'Tombs' of Devil's Bend](https://api.sg/the-tombs-of-devils-bend/): Along the winding road of Old Thomson Road, known also otherwise by its other name…. the Devil’s Bend.. can be found many fencing that ran in sections. What lies behind these fences? API recieved an email telling of tombs that lies somewhere inside the vicinity of Old Thomson road area. After a day’s search, API stumbled upon many rows of giant crypt-like structures. Immediately the connection is made to the current way of burials in Singapore, using concrete beams and walls to create a crypt to put the coffin in. The mystery is solved as API found what the crypt... Read More - [API in Wan Bao on 29 Nov 07 - Tales of Animals-shaped Tombs](https://api.sg/api-in-wan-bao-on-29-nov-07-tales-of-animals-shaped-tombs/): English Translation: Traditions Sometimes Are Mysterious. Shin Min Daily News 29 Nov 2007 Toad Tomb, Snake Tomb, Lion Tombs found in CCK Cemetery Tomb designs has been known since ancient times, like the Pyramids of Egypt and the Pagodas of Shao Lin Temple, but have you heard of animal shaped tombs related to fengshui? You don’t have to look far, we have them in Singapore. It is said that for burial fengshui, one would have to look for orientation and other landscape features, but because of limited land in Singapore, the tombs in Singapore are all serialized, as such some... Read More - [API Describes 5 Most Haunted Spots in Singapore](https://api.sg/api-describes-5-most-haunted-spots-in-singapore-2/): API in the 13th Issue of Time Out Magazine describes the 5 Most Haunted Spots in Singapore. 1 Choa Chu Kang Cemetery This is the last place in Singapore where the dead are still being buried. Visitors can see tomb exhumations and places with ‘freshly buried’ corpses. However, mediums warn people not to venture anywhere near the area at night, as angry spirits and lost souls still linger. 2 Old Changi Hospital The Japanese army occupied this locale during World War II. After the war, the hospital went through many administrations and name changes. In 1976, the Singapore Armed Forces... Read More - [What makes API Charles Goh Tick??](https://api.sg/what-makes-api-charles-goh-tick/): Did you know my first email is abductboy@yahoo.com? Why did I chose the avatar abductboy? How My Abductboy Avatar Came About I had been having weird… you might called it paranormal experiences ever since I was a kid. You name it, I have it. I had dreams that came true, out of body experiences, visions of future, see ‘ghosts’ or alien (those big eyed type) which I thought to be a skeleton, hear voices when there is no one around.. Had bouts of telepathy…. you know what I mean. When I was about 26 years old, I picked up a... Read More - [Radio 1003 Bukit Brown Cemetery Tour](https://api.sg/radio-1003-bukit-brown-cemetery-tour-2/): On last April 7th, API & Radio 1003 jointly organised a Night Excursion to Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery. This year, during the night of April 4th, 2008, API & Radio 1003 did it again… Photo from left: Wenhong, Alvin, Kemin, Jianwen, Shaney, Timothy, Charles Goh, Raymond Goh - [API Molemole on her Unusual Sight in Shinmin 21 Aprl 2008](https://api.sg/api-molemole-on-her-unusual-sight-in-shinmin-21-aprl-2008/): Is there such thing as a “3rd Eye”? The verdict is still out there… What we do know is that many people, when near their deathbed, speak of seeing/hearing many people in the same room as they were in…. except that the rooms were usually empty.. Read about API Founding member, Diana, aka Molemole, on her ‘sights’ in her interview with Shim Min, as reported in the News on 21 April 2008. - [API Raymond Goh in On The Beat 3 Premier Episode 6 May 08](https://api.sg/api-raymond-goh-in-on-the-beat-3-premier-episode-6-may-08/): You may have watch us in Channel U On the Beat 1 and On the Beat 2. Now do spare some time to watch Raymond Goh, API Historian, as he brought the Mediacorp Artists in On the Beat 3 to Woodlands Cemetery, this Tuesday, 6th May 8pm. Episode Synopsis:- Channel U’s most popular magazine-style infotainment programme is back! Bringing viewers the latest and most interesting in and around Singapore, On the Beat 3 returns on Tuesday nights to adorn viewers with the latest lifestyle trivia! This new series even takes hosts Vivian Lai, Charlyn Lin, Lee Teng and Jeremy Chan... Read More - [Featuring The Grave Hunter in Yuan Magazine](https://api.sg/featuring-the-grave-hunter-in-yuan-magazine/): API Raymond Goh was featured on Yuan magazine, Vol 80, Issue 2, 2008, a quarterly Chinese magazine published by the Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Association. - [The View Road Hospital Encounter](https://api.sg/the-view-road-hospital-encounter-2/): Watch API with the On The Beat Hosts Lee Teng 李腾, Jeremy Chan 田铭耀, and Vivian Lai 赖怡伶 and Malaysia Singer Rynn Lin Yu Zhong View Road hospital is located at Admiralty Road West, Woodlands, Singapore.It used to be a mental hospital, started in 1977. It was closed sometimes in 2001. When abandoned, it was the favourite haunting ground of many people, especially students. You can view pictures of the former mental hospital here. Now it is being converted into a workers’ dormitory. Watch On the Beat 3, on 9th Sep at 8pm to catch possibly the last glimpse of... Read More - [EAT, DRINK & BE MERRY SINGAPORE](https://api.sg/eat-drink-be-merry-singapore/) - [API in Wan Bao on 12 Oct 2008 - Forgotten Christian Graves](https://api.sg/api-in-wan-bao-on-12-oct-2008-forgotten-christian-graves/): Off the main road of Bukit Batok, near the forested areas, API stumbled upon afew dozen of chinese graves. This small plot of land, the size of a football field, contained about a dozen chinese christian tombs. Read about the find below:- - [Nightwatch](https://api.sg/nightwatch/): API Founder, Charles Goh, is a Guest on the Nightwatch Show, a radio show that is produced in the USA and is heard around the world in 15 countries on over 300 radio stations and the Internet. . You can hear the archive by listening at www.nightwatchradio.com. Simply click on the Audio Chamber tab. . - [API in Time Out Magazine (Nov 08) - No Country for Dead Men](https://api.sg/api-in-time-out-magazine-nov-08-no-country-for-dead-men/): You might think no one will mess with you in this city, but even when you’ve passed on you’re prone to disturbance. Sabrina Lee confronts Singapore’s grave issues of exhumation and space shortages One people, one nation, one island. With ‘en bloc’ the new buzzword on our space-scarce island, we forget that our resident dead suffer the same fate. Tens of thousands of Christian, Malay Muslim, Buddhist and Taoist graves have been exhumed (ie the removal of corpses from the earth) to make room for condominiums, parks, roads, MRT railways and golf courses (and by our last count, we have... Read More - [API in REUTERS - No ghosts, lots of history, on spooky......](https://api.sg/api-in-reuters-no-ghosts-lots-of-history-on-spooky/): Picked up in many other Media, but most prominently in Yahoo News, where they added some photos of their own. No ghosts, lots of history, on spooky Singapore tour By Rina Ota SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) – Don’t take the Singapore Spooky Tour expecting to see ghosts, but those seeking an old-fashioned thrill in this modern state are likely to get it through insights into abandoned sites and ancient practices. The tour is conducted by the Asia Paranormal Investigators (API, api.sg) who spend most of their time poring over legal texts and archives to unravel the beliefs and confusion surrounding supposedly... Read More - [API Raymond Goh in Shin Min News 1 Mar 09](https://api.sg/api-raymond-goh-in-shin-min-news-1-mar-09/): When contractors dug up an old Chinese tombstone in Fort Canning Park, which was the former site of the 1st Christian Cemetery, they consulted API Historian Raymond Goh……. - [Headless Ghost at Bukit Timah NUS Campus](https://api.sg/headless-ghost-at-bukit-timah-nus-campus/): Things that go bump in the night at Singapore varsity ASIAONE / NEWS / EDUCATION / STORY Mon, Apr 20, 2009 The Star/Asia News Network story link THE National University of Singapore has put up a notice ‘warning’ students of a headless woman ghost in the campus, reported Sin Chew Daily. The signboard was spotted at the front of the university’s Federal Building of its Bukit Timah campus. According to the notice, many people had ‘bumped’ into the ghost in white wandering around the upper quadrant of the building. It also gives information on other spirits. The notice also talks... Read More - [Is the Half-Man, Half-Snake Creature for real?](https://api.sg/is-the-half-man-half-snake-creature-for-real/): API Charles Goh was asked to comment on this video of a half-snake half-man creature. Could Nature have produced such a creature? Based on Charles… DEFINITELY NOT! - [Friday the 13th: Psychosis VS Possession](https://api.sg/friday-the-13th-psychosis-vs-possession-4/) - [API in Wanbao on 9 Aug 09 - Cemetery Trek with Jack Neo](https://api.sg/api-in-wanbao-on-9-aug-09-cemetery-trek-with-jack-neo/): This tour is part of API effort with GV to jointly promote Jack Neo’s Horrror Movie Flick, WHERE GOT GHOST. - [API in National Day Special - Straits Times 9 Aug 09](https://api.sg/api-in-national-day-special-straits-times-9-aug-09/): Singapore loves Spooky Stuff, listed at 28 out of 44 Reasons To Love Singapore. API is pleased to be listed as 1 of the 2 recognised Paranormal Research Club in Singapore. - [API in Wan Bao 12 Sep 09 - Ghost Captured on Camera?](https://api.sg/api-in-wan-bao-12-sep-09-ghost-captured-on-camera/): 男子声称：午夜神庙拍照　竟拍到“古人” (link 男子到庙里拍的照片，竟然拍到白影，是个戴帽子的古人。（陈来福提供照片） 男子声称在庙里拍照，拍到古代孤魂！ 信不信由你！男子到庙里拍照时，声称突然毛骨悚然，他回家处理照片时，竟发现照片上有个白影，是个戴帽子的古人。 绘图员陈来福（41岁）说，日前他到位于惹兰加由大伯公宫拍照，从晚上9时拍到凌晨2时，准备把拍摄的照片交给马国的一间杂志社刊登。 他记得在凌晨12时20分，他来到大伯公宫供奉孤魂野鬼的供桌前拍照。 “突然，我觉得有点冷，双手也起了鸡皮疙瘩。我不以为意，拍了3张照片，然后就走到别处拍照。” 翌日，来福参加大伯公宫的宴席时喝多了，在回家的路上不小心扑倒在地，擦破了嘴唇。 “当时，我的妻子走在我的前面，扑倒的那瞬间，我感觉到有人扶着我，否则我可能伤得更重。” 之后，他发现在孤魂野鬼的供桌前拍的照片，有一个白色的人影浮现在蓝色的水桶之上 “仔细一看，是一个头戴乌纱帽的古人。我联想起跌倒的事情，会不会与这张照片中的白影有关。” 亚洲超自然侦协：肉眼解画面 会看成人脸 超自然协会指出，肉眼会把画面看成是熟悉的事物。 亚洲超自然侦探协会（API）创办人吴安龙说，物体凹凸不平的表面会影响灯光反射，因此会有不同的效果。 “我们的肉眼解构一个画面时，会倾向于把它看成一些熟悉的事物，人脸就是其中之一，只要有两个点一条线，我们就很容易看成人脸，所以来福看到了戴帽的古人。” 照片中的白影，到底是什么？吴安龙希望其他读者能到API的网站www.api.sg提供意见 - [Singapore's Real-Life Ghostbusters](https://api.sg/singapores-real-life-ghostbusters/): Singapore’s Real-Life Ghostbusters Follow an intrepid paranormal investigator into Singapore’s haunted spots and urban legends Warning: Don’t dare wake the nameless dead in these infamous Singapore cemeteries. At least not while we’re there. Two brooding figures lead a procession of grim souls filing slowly through Lim Chu Kang Cemetery. As they near, you can begin making out hair-raising details: the pair is clad in black and white robes of the kind traditionally worn by long-dead Chinese mandarins, their faces are chalk-white with grotesque expressions, blood-red tongues hang down to their navels. “They (the procession) are here to pray for 4D... Read More - [Now and then: Singapore's Abandoned Haunts](https://api.sg/now-and-then-singapores-abandoned-haunts/): Now and then: Singapore’s Abandoned Haunts Around Town, Features, The Rojak Appeared as ‘The Untouchables’ (Time Out Singapore Aug 2009) Sabrina Lee goes on an expedition with the brothers grim, Charles and Raymond Goh from the Asia Paranormal Investigators, in search of the city’s abandoned haunts. Photography by Lester Ledesma #1: A military fort Built in the early 1880s and powered by an underground electricity generator, Fort Serapong was necessary to defend the coast of Sentosa as trade flourished in Singapore. Armed with military guns, it also served as a PoW camp during the Japanese occupation. After Japan surrendered in... Read More - [Spooky Town](https://api.sg/spooky-town/): In celebration of the Hungry Ghost Festival, we give you the lowdown on all things scary in Singapore. By Zaki Jufri and Ramesh William. Illustrations by Tetuko Hanggoro. Halloween, if you really think about it, is absolutely lame. Candy, pumpkins, silly costumes and pubs doling out gimmicky offers simply can’t hold a candle to the month-long fury of our very own Hungry Ghost Festival. If you think trick-or-treating kids are a pain in the neck, then just you wait for the wandering souls combing the earth in search of food and vengeance. And so, in the “spirit” of these famished... Read More - [API discovers Mysterious Temple in Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery](https://api.sg/api-discovers-mysterious-temple-in-bukit-brown-chinese-cemetery/): The Asia Paranormal Investigators discovered a mysterious old temple in the forest of Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery. On 20 Feb 2010, Wan Bao reported that API, while in their usual forage in Bukit Bown to uncover more of the ‘lost’ dearly departed Pioneers of Singapore, stumbled upon a mysterious Chinese temple. For the English translation, do visit our website at http://www.api.sg. ——————————– External Link = OMY 咖啡山坟山深处，藏着一座神秘古庙，夜里常有信徒和乩童，摸黑入林到古庙。 亚洲超自然侦探协会（API）创办人吴安龙和吴安全，到俗称咖啡山的武吉布朗坟场寻幽探秘时，意外发现一间隐藏在树林中的古庙，于是带记者一起前往探究竟。 前往古庙的路径不易走，在罗弄哈哇（Lorong Halwa）旧址下车后，需要徒步进入布满茂盛树木的坟山中，路径相当曲折，无人带路应会迷路。 走了约10分钟，吴安龙拨开树枝下一个陡坡后，一间古庙出现在眼前。 古庙的庙顶设计十分古典，庙顶长满了大大的鸟窝蕨，大树的树根也延伸到古庙的砖墙中。 古庙里供奉的是大伯公，墙上挂着一块匾额，刻着庙名“新恒山亭福德正神”和“民国丁丑年”（1937年）。神坛上的古旧香炉刻着“福德堂”和“光绪十九年”（1893年），令大家称奇，开始推测这古庙的历史。 后来，吴安全在古庙后方找到3块破裂的石碑，是当年捐款建庙的善信名单，只有两块可见日期。第一块刻着“新恒山亭大伯公”和“民国三十九年建立”等，可见这一座古庙可能建于1950年。 另一块则写着“重建恒山亭”、“民国五十三年重修”和“民国五十八年重置”，由此相信古庙后来在1964年重修，1969年重置. 庙内有新香烛 有人庙里扶乩 庙里除了有不少古物，也有不少看起来相当新的物件。 大伯公神像的上方，就挂着一条新红布，上面写着“福德正神”和“大伯公”，供桌旁也有许多还未拆开的香烛。 吴安全也发现乩童扶乩使用的五色旗，神坛上也有请大二爷伯附身时使用的铁路和算盘。古庙外有人为无主孤魂立牌拜祭。 在前往古庙的路上，一直都有红白相间的封锁线绑在树上，相信是为到庙里信徒或乩童引路之用. - [Authors Page](https://api.sg/authors-page/): All [authors_page] Administrator [authors_page role=administrator] Editor [authors_page role=editor] Author [authors_page role=author] Contributor [authors_page role=contributor] Subscriber [authors_page role=subscriber] Keymaster [authors_page role=bbp_keymaster] Spectator [authors_page role=bbp_spectator] Blocked [authors_page role=bbp_blocked] Moderator [authors_page role=bbp_moderator] Participant [authors_page role=bbp_participant] - [Password Reset](https://api.sg/password-reset/): [ultimatemember_password] - [Account](https://api.sg/account/): [ultimatemember_account] - [Logout](https://api.sg/logout/) - [Members](https://api.sg/members/): [ultimatemember form_id=12955] - [Register](https://api.sg/register/): [ultimatemember form_id=12952] - [Login](https://api.sg/login/): [bbp-login] - [User](https://api.sg/user/): [ultimatemember form_id=12954] - [The Saving Bukit Brown Project](https://api.sg/the-saving-bukit-brown-project/) - [Portfolio](https://api.sg/portfolio/): [web_portfolio] - [Lost Password](https://api.sg/lost-password/): [bbp-lost-pass] - [New Users](https://api.sg/new-users/): [bbp-register] - [There are 9 things a tourist must do in Singapore:](https://api.sg/there-are-9-things-a-tourist-must-do-in-singapore/): 1) Go for a Haunted Tour with API 2 licensed tour guides…. 2) Print your pictures into postage stamps, paste on cards to send to friends and relatives 3) Go to turn the wheel of forrtune at the Sakya Muni Buddha Gaya Temple in Race Course Road , bring your birthdate along to check the prediction 4) Go to the Lodge at Free Masonry at Coleman St for a 3 course set lunch for $9.90 and at the same time enjoy the hall decorations 5) Join a half day cooking lessons at the Singapore Culinary Academy and surprise your friends... Read More - [Take a DIY Walking Tour at Bukit Brown](https://api.sg/take-a-diy-walking-tour-at-bukit-brown/): BUKIT Brown Cemetery off Lornie Road will be turned into a walk-through museum tomorrow and next Sunday. Visitors who show up between 8.30am and 11.30am those two days can take a walk through the place, making stops at some of the more prominent graves, which will be marked out with placards. The information markers come courtesy of Asia Paranormal Investigators (API), a society which conducts guided tours for small groups through the cemetery. (link) API is welcoming larger groups to the cemetery in a drive to raise public awareness of the rich cultural heritage buried in the mounds and grass... Read More - [Press Room](https://api.sg/press-room/): Press Room Asia Paranormal Investigators (API) has been featured in various newspapers, TV programs, and online media over the years. Below are links to some notable mentions (external sites—may require subscription for full access). Newspaper & Magazine Features Television & Online Media - [Home Page](https://api.sg/): Bukit Brown Announcement Dear Reader, For all Bukit Brown related matters and tours, please visit Bukit Brown’s main website. 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. Join our free Bukit Brown Tours and... Read More - [Haunted Places in Singapore.... Revealed!](https://api.sg/haunted-places-in-singapore-revealed/): 1 The Raffles Place Lift Ghost 2 API Describes 5 Most Haunted Spots in Singapore Webmaster 3 The story of Tyersall House 4 The last kampong of Singapore - [API Casefiles](https://api.sg/api-casefiles/): API Casefiles Welcome to the casefiles section of Asia Paranormal Investigators (API). Here we document some of our past field investigations into reported paranormal phenomena across Singapore and Asia. Our approach is systematic and evidence-based, combining research, on-site recordings, and historical context. Over the years, API has investigated various locations, from abandoned sites and historical buildings to private residences. While many experiences can be explained naturally, some remain intriguing and unexplained. Notable Investigations (Note: This is a selection of past cases. Details are shared with respect for privacy and locations where applicable.) (For full reports or media, contact us directly.... Read More - [API Free Movie Preview Screening - Thai Horror Movie - THE SWIMMERS](https://api.sg/api-free-movie-preview-screening-thai-horror-movie-the-swimmers/): Win 1 of the 5 pair of preview tickets to watch the Preview Screening of the upcoming Thai horror Ghost Movie THE SWIMMERS, courtesy of Golden Village Pictures, before the rest of Singapore does! To win, simply write in to events@api.sg with the subject header: THE SWIMMERS Contest, stating your Name, NRIC, Contact Number and Email. All entries must reach us by 24 Aug (Sunday) 12pm noon. There are 5 pairs to be won! Winners will be notified via email & SMS. Details of horror movie, THE SWIMMERS Contest: THE SWIMMERS 《游魂》Preview Screening Giveaway Date: 26 Aug 2014 Time: 7:20PM... Read More - [API Free Movie Preview Screening - Hungry Ghost Ritual](https://api.sg/hungry-ghost-ritual/): Win 1 of the 10 pair of preview tickets to watch the GALA PREMIER of the upcoming horror Ghost Movie HUNGRY GHOST RITUAL, courtesy of Golden Village Pictures, before the rest of Singapore does! To win, simply write in to events@api.sg with the subject header: HUNGRY GHOST RITUAL Contest, stating your Name, NRIC, Contact Number and Email. All entries must reach us by 28 Jun (Saturday) 12pm noon. There are 10 pairs to be won! Winners will be notified via email & SMS. Details of horror movie, THE HUNGRY GHOST RITUAL Contest: 28 June (Sat) 7:00PM GV Grand, Level 3,... Read More - [API Free Movie - INSIDIOUS CHAPTER 2](https://api.sg/api-free-movie/): Win a pair of preview tickets to watch the horror film INSIDIOUS CHAPTER 2 , courtesy of Sony Pictures, before the rest of Singapore does! - [Friday, the 13th- Psychosis Vs Possession](https://api.sg/friday-the-13th-psychosis-vs-possession-3/) - [Open - The Search for the Malaysian Bigfoot](https://api.sg/malaysia-bigfoot/): News about Bigfoot sightings in the State of Johor, Malaysia created a stir around the world and received unprecedented coverage in major international newspapers and paranormal-related reporting websites. What sparked the Skeptics’ cry of foul was that the sightings came hot on the heels immediately upon the release of the King Kong movie (above poster) in mid Dec 05, and in-line with the urgency of the Johor State Tourism Board in trying to perk up the industry. API travelled across the Causeway, and hunted down the eye-witnesses who claimed to have seen the Malaysian Bigfoot. The eye-witnesses were the Orang... Read More - [Halloween @ National Library Board](https://api.sg/halloween-national-library-board/): Join us this October and experience halloween at the Central National Library. - [Friday, the 13th- Psychosis Vs Possession](https://api.sg/friday-the-13th-psychosis-vs-possession-2/): - [North West Brisk Walk Fest 2012](https://api.sg/north-west-brisk-walk-fest-2012/): - [Community for Bukit Brown calls for moratorium on plans for Bukit Brown](https://api.sg/community-for-bukit-brown-calls-for-moratorium-on-plans-for-bukit-brown/): - [Did Raffles really had a Mistress in Singapore?](https://api.sg/raffles-mistress-stevens-road-mother-of-singapore/): Not too long ago, API recieved a request from a gentleman by the name of John Tan, who was looking for an ancestor's grave in Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery. As it turns out, John is the person who claimed to be the indirect descendant of a lady by the name of Tan Chwee Neo, who died in 1904. Mdm Tan Chwee Neo was the great great great grandmother of John Tan, and supposedly, the mistress of Singapore Founder, Sir Stamford Raffles! You can read the newspaper story in our forum here.   According to the news report, there were 2 key points that lent credibility to the story:- 1. The location of Mdm Tan's grave was in a prime area, along Stevens Road and next to House no. 52, thus indicative of a prosperous family background; 2. The important person, a governor, gave Mdm Tan a huge tract of land before returning to England.   - [Solved - The Mystery of the Pasir Ris Red House](https://api.sg/paris-ris-red-house-loyang/): Have you heard of the Pasir Ris Red House? It is an abandoned house situated along a road known as Jalan Loyang Besar, and is very popular with youths as infamously haunted.   The Public will know it as either the Pasir Ris Red House, Loyang Red House, the Pasir Ris Opera House, or the CK Tang House just to name afew.  The passing of the ex-owner of the Red House has prompted API to reveal the facts, & demystify the myths and urban legends behind this infamous House. - [Bukit Brown Family Day 11 & 18 March](https://api.sg/bukit-brown-family-day-11-a-18-march/): 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. - [Bukit Brown Heritage Tour for NUS](https://api.sg/bukit-brown-heritage-tour-for-nus/) - [Debunking the Myth of Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall](https://api.sg/debunking-the-myth-of-sun-yat-sen-nanyang-memorial-hal/): 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 - [New alignment for road cutting through Bukit Brown?](https://api.sg/new-alignment-for-road-cutting-through-bukit-brown/): 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. - [API in History Asia - Hidden Cities](https://api.sg/api-in-history-asia-hidden-cities/): 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. - [Solved - Mystery of the Underground Marsiling Tunnel](https://api.sg/marsiling-underground-tunnel/):   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.  - [My piece of Bukit Brown](https://api.sg/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 Bukit Brown Cemetery twice. Once, when I got lost on a bicycle. And the second time, last Sunday, when my wife and I signed up for a tour with the Asia Paranormal Investigators (API) on a whim. Oh, I thought, it would be such a yuppie thing to do, to explore a forest of ancient graves threatened by modernisation and all things... Read More - [MND aware of Bukit Brown cemetery’s rich heritage](https://api.sg/mnd-aware-of-bukit-brown-cemeterys-rich-heritage/): MND aware of Bukit Brown cemetery’s rich heritage By Channel NewsAsia, Updated: 24/10/2011  SINGAPORE : The Ministry of National Development (MND) has said it is aware of the rich heritage of the Bukit Brown cemetery and is working with civic groups to document graves that will be affected by planned developments. Plans for a new road running through the old cemetery have drawn some criticism for its lack of sensitivity to the area’s history. The Singapore Heritage Society has also said it was not consulted on the plans. A ministry statement said the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and Land Transport... Read More - [A Personal Reflection: Bukit Brown and what it means for all our pasts and our futures](https://api.sg/a-personal-reflection-bukit-brown-and-what-it-means-for-all-our-pasts-and-our-futures/): A Personal Reflection: Bukit Brown and what it means for all our pasts and our futures by Tan Chuan-Jin on Sunday, November 6, 2011 at 4:54am I was interviewed by ST and ZB on Bukit Brown. These are my thoughts on the matter.   What it means to me Our history and heritage is precious. They are anchors to our past even as we look forward to our future. It matters because in some shape and form, it makes us who we are and not just any global citizen. There is something distinctive and special in being Singapore and Singaporean.... Read More - [Singapore Heritage Society Press Release: Clarification on Collaboration Between SHS and URA/LTA, 20 Oct 2011](https://api.sg/singapore-heritage-society-press-release-clarification-on-collaboration-between-shs-and-uralta-20-oct-2011/): Singapore Heritage Society Press Release: Clarification on Collaboration Between SHS and URA/LTA, 20 Oct 2011 by Singapore Heritage Society on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 12:03pm Singapore Heritage Society PRESS RELEASE   BUKIT BROWN CEMETERY: CLARIFICATION ON COLLABORATION BETWEEN SHS AND URA/LTA   Date: 20 October 2011 The collaboration between the Singapore Heritage Society (SHS) and the authorities up till now has consisted only of connecting LTA and URA with individual experts on Chinese cemetery documentation and the history of the cemetery. SHS was not consulted during the decision-making process leading up to the plans for the new road through... Read More - [Spaces for the Living: A Discussion on Bukit Brown Cemetery](https://api.sg/spaces-for-the-living-a-discussion-on-bukit-brown-cemetery/): Spaces for the Living: A Discussion on Bukit Brown Cemetery Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 5:00 PM (GMT+0800) Singapore City, Singapore   - [Partnering Stakeholders to Document Graves Affected by the New Road at Bukit Brown Cemetery](https://api.sg/partnering-stakeholders-to-document-graves-affected-by-the-new-road-at-bukit-brown-cemetery/): LTA News Release, Partnering Stakeholders to Document Graves Affected by the New Road at Bukit Brown Cemetery To meaningfully capture the history and heritage of the graves affected by the new road at the Bukit Brown Cemetery, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and Land Transport Authority (LTA) have partnered key stakeholders in the community to establish a framework to guide the documentation of these graves. 2 In a meeting with stakeholders from the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan, The Peranakan Association of Singapore, Singapore Heritage Society, academics and grave experts, Minister of State for National Development Tan Chuan-Jin affirmed the government’s... Read More - [Singapore Graveyard Stirs Lively Debate](https://api.sg/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 Singapore. Life is abundant after death in a remote Singapore graveyard, where a struggle over a forgotten stretch of the island nation’s history has stirred strident debate over the spirit of its future. Authorities and activists are jousting over the fate of the remains of up to 100,000 dead people – including luminaries of the island’s colonial yesteryears – interred at the... Read More - [API DIY Tour for Bukit Brown this Sat 5 Nov](https://api.sg/api-diy-tour-for-bukit-brown-this-sat-5-nov/): 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... Read More - [A Letter to Straits Times - Keep Bukit Brown graves: Descendants](https://api.sg/etter-to-straits-times-keep-bukit-brown-graves-descen/): The Straits Times Forum - 19/10/2011 Keep Bukit Brown graves: Descendants THE consequence of the decision by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) to clear Bukit Brown Cemetery to make way for a highway and future housing developments is an irreplaceable loss to generations of Singaporeans ('Redevelopment plans for Bukit Brown site', Sept 13; and Forum letter 'Rethink road widening affecting cemetery' by Mr Liew Kai Khiun, Sept 16). - [LTA proposed road corrider will affected an estimated 10,000 graves and area of 24 hectares, tearing Bukit Brown apart](https://api.sg/lta-proposed-road-corrider-will-affected-an-estimated-10000-graves-and-area-of-24-hectares-tearing-bukit-brown-apart/): LTA tender for the ID for the graves has just been closed on 3 Oct. . The tender call for an estimated 10,000 graves for identification and an area of 24 hectares.   The identification of the graves must be completed within 3 months from the date of award. - [Open Letter to Our President - From the Residents of Bukit Brown](https://api.sg/open-letter-to-our-president-from-the-residents-at-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 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   - [Win free Preview Tickets to watch 23:59](https://api.sg/win-free-preview-tickets-to-watch-2359/):   - [The Discovering of Mrs Tan Quee Lan Grave](https://api.sg/the-discovering-of-mrs-tan-quee-lan-grave/): 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: . - [Bukit Brown: Remembering Your Ancestors Day cum DIY Guided Cemetery Tour](https://api.sg/bukit-brown-remembering-your-ancestors-day-public-diy-guided-tour/): Draft Advance Release Event: Remember Your Ancestors' Day cum DIY/Guided Cemetery Tour   - [The unwavering Stance of our Government](https://api.sg/bukit-brown-chinese-cemetery-lta-land-transport-authority/): Land Transport Authority Media Release - 12 Sep 2011 Construction of New Dual Four-Lane Road to Relieve Congestion Along PIE & Lornie Road and Serve Future Developments Is this the end?? Quotable Quotes: Raymond Goh (API): "Once we removed Bukit Brown and turn it completely into an urban concrete jungle, we will have lost that integral part that bind us to our roots and is irreplaceable. Only if we remember our roots from whence we came, can we really love the country and the people that nurture us to what we are today." Charles Goh (API): "Though long dead, their names can be read from the streets, buildings and places we see everyday. Though dead, their tombs, have much tales to share. "If the Singapore Spirit exists, then it surely must exists in BBCC." Laura (An expat blogger): "I don't know the ultimate fate of Bukit Brown cemetery but I will say that to have somewhere you can truly escape and discover your country's past is something very precious." - [Solved - The Mystery of the Chee Guan Chiang House](https://api.sg/the-mystery-of-the-chee-guan-chiang-house-2/): 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....... - [GVP Free Movie Screening](https://api.sg/gv-api-free-movie-screening/): GVP Free Movie Preview Screening – Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark (link)   Win a pair of preview tickets to watch this horror film, courtesy of GVP, before the rest of Singapore does! To win, submit the best ‘ghost photo’ you have, either real, or created, together with a short caption why this is a Ghost Photo. There is 1 condition, you must be inside the photo! Send in your entries to events@api.sg with the subject header: Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark Contest, stating your Name, NRIC, Contact Number and Email. All entries must reach us by 11... Read More - [Buried: A Life](https://api.sg/bukit-brown-chinese-cemetery/): 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 and their history, so much so that two brothers offer day and night cemetery tours based on request. An average of 40 people a time happily shell out up to $45 each to be escorted by amateur historians Charles and Raymond Goh. The groups are a mix of young working professionals and the elderly. However, the brothers stress that their cemetery sightseeing... Read More - [Meet the Weekend Tomb Explorers](https://api.sg/bukit-broewn-cemetery/): 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 through graves. One recent case after a three-year search was their discovery of the tomb, in Bukit Brown Cemetery, of Madam Tan Eng Neo, whom Eng Neo Avenue is named after. For the siblings, finding where the wife of wealthy Chinese businessman Gaw Boon Chan was buried was fulfilling, and not just because it marked the end of their longest quest for... Read More - [Bukit Brown Municipal Cemetery by Infopedia](https://api.sg/bukit-brown-municipal-cemetery-by-infopedia/): The below text is taken from Singapore Infopedia The Bukit Brown Municipal Cemetery, located between Lornie Road and Mount Pleasant Road, was officially opened on 1 January 1922. Previously a 211-acre plot of land that belonged to the Hokkien Ong clan, the Municipality had acquired a section of it in 1918-1919 to serve the burial needs of the wider Chinese community. It was opened for more than half a century until its closure in 1973. Early beginnings of Bukit Brown Bukit Brown was named after George Henry Brown, a shipowner, trader and broker who arrived in Singapore in the 1840s.... Read More - [Reflections of Bukit Brown](https://api.sg/bukitbrown-2/): 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 to BBCC) http://www.api.sg/forum/viewforum.php?f=108 (API Forum page) http://sosbukitbrown.wordpress.com/   - [INTERLUDE](https://api.sg/bukitbrown/): INTERLUDE . 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?" - [The Rediscovery of Tan Eng Neo (Avenue)](https://api.sg/eng-neo-ave/): 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 Chinese Cemetery... - [The Untold Beginning of Bukit Brown](https://api.sg/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 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. [comment]: # (Generated by Hostinger Tools Plugin)