Oct 24, 2011
Money cannot buy heritage
ALTHOUGH I am not a descendant of a pioneer whose grave is at Bukit Brown, I fully agreed with Ms Chew I-Jin ('Keep Bukit Brown graves: Descendants'; last Wednesday).
Why should the Government clear this historical area just to make it convenient for vehicle owners or sell the land for money to build more condominiums?
There are not many historical sites in Singapore where we can honour our ancestors who made Singapore what it is today, and money cannot buy back all these places if we clear them now.
Our children will not even have a chance to see what is a real graveyard in future.
Peggy Tan (Ms)
Money cannot buy heritage
ALTHOUGH I am not a descendant of a pioneer whose grave is at Bukit Brown, I fully agreed with Ms Chew I-Jin ('Keep Bukit Brown graves: Descendants'; last Wednesday).
Why should the Government clear this historical area just to make it convenient for vehicle owners or sell the land for money to build more condominiums?
There are not many historical sites in Singapore where we can honour our ancestors who made Singapore what it is today, and money cannot buy back all these places if we clear them now.
Our children will not even have a chance to see what is a real graveyard in future.
Peggy Tan (Ms)
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