SHS Position Paper on Bukit Brown
In Jan 2012, SHS published its “Position Paper on Bukit Brown” in January 2012. This is the official response from the Society on the Sept 2011 announcement from the Singapore Government that construction of a new dual four-lane road in Bukit Brown commencing in 2013. This construction would require the exhumation of approximately 4,000 graves︎︎︎, and would also physically split the cemetery in two.
SHS has since led the debate on Bukit Brown by highlighting the conflict between heritage, development and urbanisation and its importance to Singapore’s history and the Chinese in Southeast Asia. It also argued that the Bukit Brown issue offered new opportunities for discussions on nation building and making the younger generation interested in history and heritage issues.
SHS has since led the debate on Bukit Brown by highlighting the conflict between heritage, development and urbanisation and its importance to Singapore’s history and the Chinese in Southeast Asia. It also argued that the Bukit Brown issue offered new opportunities for discussions on nation building and making the younger generation interested in history and heritage issues.