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The National Archives of Singapore digitised and released online the burial registers of the cemetery between April 1922 and December 1972, as well as a location map of the cemetery in part to help descendants check if their ancestor's graves were affected by the development. [19]
The Jalan Kubor Cemetery (Jawi: مقبرة شارع القبر) is located across Victoria Street within the Rochor neighbourhood of the Central Region, Singapore. The currently disused cemetery contains over a thousand Muslim burials, including that of the royalty from the Johor Sultanate .
Bukit Brown Cemetery is believed to be the largest Chinese cemetery outside of China and is the burial location of many of Singapore's earliest pioneers. Activists want to conserve Bukit Brown Cemetery and nearby surrounding cemeteries due to their vegetation, wildlife, and heritage displayed by the graves in the cemetery.
The Jalan Kubor Cemetery, located near Victoria Street adjacent to the Kampong Glam neighbourhood, is a historic cemetery comprising three Muslim burial grounds: one for the royalty of the Johor Sultanate, one for the regular Muslim community of Singapore, and the last one being the Tittacheri Muslim Cemetery on which the Malabar Mosque is built on.
In 2017, as part of the expansion plans for Tengah Air Base, the cemetery will be reduced in size from 318ha to 100ha. [1] Affected graves, consisting 45,500 Chinese graves and 35,000 Muslim graves, would be exhumed in phases with the remains cremated or reinterred in other parts of the cemetery.
In 1957, the Christian soldiers buried there were reinterred at Ulu Pandan War Cemetery and later moved to Kranji War Cemetery. [5] The cemetery was also one of the filming locations in Singapore for the 1967 film Pretty Polly. [6] The last burial at Bidadari Cemetery took place on 31 October 1972 and the cemetery was converted into a park. [7]
Singapore Kwong Wai Siew Peck San Theng is a cultural organisation and columbarium based in Bishan, Singapore with beginnings since 1870. Located at Bishan Lane off Bishan Road, Peck San Theng presently operates a columbarium, two Chinese temples, and ancestral worship services tailoring towards the requirements as well as traditions, customs and beliefs of a cosmopolitan community.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Singapore (1 P) Pages in category "Cemeteries in Singapore" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.