Category Archives: Publications – Culture & History

Research: Cultural Heritage of Singapore’s Over-100-Years-Old Kinship-Based Clan Associations

In 2019, the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre (SCCC) invited the Singapore Heritage Society (SHS) to run a joint call for their Chinese Arts and Culture Research Grant, open exclusively to members of SHS. The grant was awarded to Lynn Wong … Continue reading

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Jalan-Jalan di Ubin – a guide to cultural heritage sites on Pulau Ubin

Download our tour handbook for a brief introduction to the tour stops at Pesta Ubin 2017

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Bukit Brown Wayfinder and Self-Guided Tour

Check out the microsite for our Bukit Brown Wayfinder, launched on 18 Nov 2017

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World War II @ Bukit Brown

This collection of stories, essays and poems looks at the impact of the Japanese Occupation of Singapore in the Second World War (1942-1945) from the perspective of those interred at Bukit Brown Cemetery. The highlights of the book are stories … Continue reading

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Pulau Ubin Tua Pek Kong temple & festival – a brief guide

Download our tour handbook for a brief introduction to the Tua Pek Kong Temple Festival held in conjunction with Pesta Ubin

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Spaces of the Dead: A Case from the Living (2011) by Kevin YL Tan (ed.)

  Seen primarily as final resting places, cemeteries are increasingly under threat from urban redevelopment in land-scarce Singapore. Regarded as ‘excess space’ by state planners, and as ‘taboo places’ by the local populace, the rich historical and cultural heritage of … Continue reading

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The Makers and Keepers of Singapore History (2010)

by Loh Kah Seng & Liew Kai Khiun (eds.)     In exploring the past, researchers labour in the present: to locate the archival document which is located somewhere behind a gate with its keeper; or to find that elusive … Continue reading

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Gedung Kuning: Memories of a Malay Childhood (2010) by Hidayah Amin

  Gedung Kuning or the Yellow Mansion was home to the family of Haji Yusoff ‘Tali Pinggang’ from 1912 to 1999. It was acquired by the Singapore government in August 1999 under the Land Acquisition Act. What used to house … Continue reading

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The Triads: Chinese Secret Societies in 1950s Malaya & Singapore (2009) by Leon Comber

This volume collects together and reprints two groundbreaking publications from the 1950s by Dr Leon Comber: Introduction to Secret Societies; and Traditional Mysteries of Chinese Secret Societies in Malaya. The volumes were written to initiate laypersons to the mysterious world … Continue reading

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Through The Bamboo Window: Chinese Life & Culture in 1950s Malaya & Singapore (2009) by Leon Comber

This volume collects together and reprints four classic books written in the 1950s by Dr Leon Comber: Chinese Ancestral Worship; Chinese Festivals in Malaya (with Dorothy Lo); Chinese Magic & Superstition in Malaya; and Chinese Temples in Singapore. These books … Continue reading

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