Tag Archives: Bukit Brown

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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HeritageFest2014: Bukit Brown in the City Tour

Date: 26 July 2014 Meeting place: Raffles Place MRT, Exit A, Street Level A number of pioneering settlers of 18th and 19th century colonial Singapore who were buried in the Chinese cemeteries of the Greater Bukit Brown Complex (including the … Continue reading

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HeritageFest2014: The City in Bukit Brown Tour

Date: 27 July 2014 Location: Bukit Brown Cemetery Between 1922 and the period of the Second World War, a majority of the Chinese residents of Singapore were buried in Bukit Brown cemetery. Some of those buried here, were well-known and … Continue reading

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Birdseye View: Bukit Brown in Memoriam – 2 videos

Through aerial videography, see Bukit Brown from another perspective, including some sights that are no longer. Bukit Brown is on the 2014 World Monuments Watch for endangered sites. Visit now, before an 8-lane highway changes the landscape beyond recognition. For … Continue reading

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Talk: Globalising the Local: World Heritage in Singapore (10 Nov 2013)

Join us for this forum and meet with expert speakers on the meaning and significance of these developments. Please register early as seats are limited!

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Listing of Bukit Brown in 2014 World Monuments Watch

Singapore Heritage Society Statement on the listing of Bukit Brown in 2014 World Monuments Watch (10 Oct 2013)

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Commentary: Bukit Timah forests, SIT flats worthy of World Heritage status too

by Terence Chong, Yeo Kang Shua and Tan Wee Cheng (First published in Today, 6 April 2013)

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Singapore Heritage Society Press Release: Singapore Botanic Gardens as UNESCO World Heritage Site

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Past activity: Bukit Brown: Living Museum of the Dead, 26 March 2011

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Celebrating Bukit Brown @ The Substation, 20 Jan 2012

A one-day celebration of Bukit Brown, with photo exhibitions, expert presentations, a public forum and the premiere of a new documentary film on Bukit Brown!

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