My Great Grandmother's Grave in the early 2010s

My cousin Hercules (pictured) tracked down our great grandmother's grave a decade ago. This is a picture he took when he discovered the grave. He later paid a cemetery caretaker to clean up the grave and maintain it. Photo credit: H. Lim.

Hello, Great Grandma

September 26th 2023
Established by the British colonial government in the 1920s, the 200 hectare Bukit Brown Cemetery nestled in the center of Singapore is the final resting place for many of Singapore’s prominent ethnic Chinese pioneers. Rather interestingly, the class conscious British were horrified that many poor Chinese were not buried after they died, so they earmarked the lower reaches of the cemetery as a " ... read more

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Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819. It joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963 but separated two years later and became independent. It subsequently became one of the world's most prosperous countries with strong international ... ... read more

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