Bukit brown

By richardbennybowentimothy

  • Seb Ong (Hokkien) Cemetery was set up

  • Bukit Brown Municipal Cemetery officially opened on the site

  • Municipal Cemetery is closed to burials

  • Site Zoned for residental use

    In the Urban Redevelopment Authority's (URA's) Concept Plans 1991 and 2001, which guide development for the next 40 to 50 years, the site is zoned for residental use.

  • Site marked as cemetery again

    In the URA's Master Plans for 2003 and 2008, which set out plans for the next 10 to 15 years, it is marked as a cemetery.

  • People fear Circle Line will affect Bukit Brown Cemetery

    Heritage Enthusiasts voice fears that the Circle Line will affect Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery.

  • "Bukit Brown will eventually make way for housing."

    The Straits Times Reports that Bukit Brown will eventually make way for housing.

  • Book about Bukit Brown published

    The Singapore Heritage Society publishes its book Spaces Of The Dead: A Case From The Living, reviving public interest in Bukit Brown. Interest Groups explore and give walking tours of the area.
    Responding to Straits Times Forum writers, the URA says Bukit Brown is needed for future housing, and that many such "difficult trade-off decisions" are made in land-scarce Singapore.

  • A new four-lane dual carriageway to be built

    The Land Transport Authority (LTA) announces a new four-lane dual carriageway to be built by 2016 to ease congestion. Heritage groups ask for more time to document the graves. Some 5 per cent of the area's 100,000 graves to be affected

  • Singapore Heritage Society protests about its collaboration with the LTA and URA

    Singapore Heritage Society protests that its only collaboration with the LTA and URA was to connect the agencies with documentation experts - after it was informed about the road. It asks the authorities to slow down the pace of development.

  • LTA says new road is needed to ease Lornie Road traffic

    Following a spate of letters in The Straits Times, the LTA says the new road is needed to ease Lornie Road traffic and serve the area's future plans.

  • Documentation of the graves begins.

  • Letters by descendants of famous pioneers published

    The Straits Times publishes a letter by descendants of famous pioneers, including Chew Boon Lay and Tan Tock Seng, who want Bukit Brown left alone.

  • Singapore Heritage Society issues a ...[Read more]

    Singapore Heritage Society issues a statement on how the group was not consulted over whether Bukit Brown should be developed.

  • Officials meet privately with heritage groups for explanations

    Officials meet privately with heritage groups to explain the Government's reasons for developing a new road, and reaffirm plans to go ahead.

  • Heritage groups say ther is insufficient time for documentation

    Heritage groups and the preservation project leader, appointed by the Government, raise concerns over insufficient time given to document the graves.

  • Bukit Brown will not be spared the bulldozers

    Minister of State for National Development Tan Chuan-Jin reiterates that Bukit Brown will not be spared the bulldozers, but the affected graves will be thoroughly documented.

  • Activist groups have given up the fight to protect the graves

    Participants at a public heritage forum air concerns that activist groups have given up the fight to protect the graves wholesale.

  • Mr Tan's says the carriageway will go ahead as planned.

    Mr Tan's Facebook note says the carriageway will go ahead as planned.

  • Singapore Heritage Society expresses disappointment.

    Singapore Heritage Society expresses disappointment that there was no public consultation before the zoning decision and before the road was planned, and maintains the area should be protected as an historic site.

  • MPs make a last-ditch appeal to save Bukit Brown.

    In Parliament, MPs make a last-ditch appeal to save Bukit Brown.

  • Part of the road through Bukit Brown will be a bridge

    The LTA announces that part of the road through Bukit Brown will be a bridge over a depression, protecting some biodiversity. Exhumation is pushed back to early next year instead of late this year to give next-of-kin more time to register claims.
    Mr Tan meets privately with civil society representatives, who are upset that the meeting was open only to select members. They call for a moratorium on housing and transport infrastructure, including the new road, while national discussions are still u