1. Bidadari Cemetery - Singapore - National Library Board
15 jul 2015 · A colonial landmark located at the junction of River Valley Road and Hill Street. It officially opened in 1934.
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2. This book on S'pore's cemeteries took 10 years to publish, some of them ...
14 nov 2016 · In 2011, the Singapore Heritage Society (SHS) published the book Spaces of the dead: A case from the living, which documented the rich heritage ...
The dead must make way for development.
3. Digging Bidadari's Past: From Palace to First Muslim State Cemetery
Opening of Bidadari Muslim Cemetery The Muslim cemetery was opened on 14 February 1910. This brief announcement was made in a tongue-in-cheek manner: “the new ...
4. Raising the Dead in Crowded Singapore - Los Angeles Times
19 mei 2002 · Bidadari, one of the largest to be cleared, contains the remains of 58,000 Christians buried between 1907 and 1972, with most interred before ...
Asia: Island nation is clearing a large Christian cemetery to make way for housing complex.
5. Bidadari Cemetery - Remember Singapore
20 okt 2018 · One of the early records of Muslim cemeteries was carried by the Municipal Engineer in 1875, when he was tasked to conduct site surveys on ...
Posts about Bidadari Cemetery written by Remember Singapore
6. Bidadari Christian Cemetery - Rojak Librarian
The first burial took place on 15 December 1907. By the time the last burial happened on 31 October 1972, it was the largest Christian cemetery in Singapore ...
Index of people once buried in Bidadari Christian Cemetery
7. About - We remember Bidadari - WordPress.com
I researched on street names and prominent people buried in Bidadari Cemetery. I poured over books and old newspaper articles in the National Library. I ...
When I first started this project, it was about nature. Perhaps a knee-jerk NIMBY reaction to the developments in the area. But also a forlorn longing for the undulating hills teeming with wildlife…
8. Cornelis de Lozanne (former Bidadari Cemetery) - Rojak Librarian
30 sep 2024 · ... on 19 March 1912. Cornelis de Lozanne was 52 when he passed away and according to the research done, his address was listed as 5 & 7 Beach Road.
This is another beautiful tomb that use to reside in Bidadari Cemetery. It belongs to a Mr. Cornelis de Lozanne. The stone bust of Cornelis de Lozanne
9. Land-starved Singapore exhumes its cemeteries to build roads and malls
7 aug 2015 · Private homes encroaching on grave sites at Bukit Brown cemetery. · Bidadari housing development was built over one of Singapore's oldest ...
The tiny city-state has dug up hundreds of thousands of graves to pave the way for roads, houses and shopping centres. As Singapore celebrates 50 years of independence, conservationists argue heritage need not be sacrificed to progress
10. Spaces of the Dead: A Case from the Living - Ethos Books
With the recent exhumation of major cemeteries like Bidadari Cemetery ... Kevin has written and edited over 50 books on the law, history and politics ...
View sample pages. 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 our cemeteries have remained larg
