Video Documentation Of Ong Sam Leong's Tomb (Bukit Brown) And Qing Dynasty Tombs At Kheam Hock Road
- National Archives of Singapore Fonds
Fonds/Collection
- 29/05/2006
Record Date
- 00:17:30
Recorded Duration
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2006001516
Accession No.
- Audiovisual
Type
- DVCAM
Format
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Access permitted
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Synopsis :Four tombs at Kheam Hock Road (in front of Oei Tiong Ham Hall) were due to be exhumed by July 2006. These were the tombstone of Huang Huishi (1881), Huang Huishi's wife, Ni Sima (1881) and Qiu Zhengzhi and his wife (1842). The inscription on the last tomb cannot be read. No family has come forward to claim them and the land will be re-developed by Singapore Botanic Gardens.
Ong Sam Leong's tomb (1918) is the largest at Bukit Brown (Kopi Sua). Beside his tomb is his son's tomb - Ong Boon Tat. The Ong family owned numerous properties and brickworks and is documented in Song Ong Siang's 100 Years of the Chinese in Singapore. His grandson is Ong Tiong Hwee, well known lawyer and head of the Straits Chinese Volunteers. The tomb has many beautiful carvings, life-sized stoned Sikh guards, and stone lions.
