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Bury  or  Cremate & store at columbarium (takes up less space) ,[object Object]
Columbarium: A structure with recesses in the walls to store urns 2 videos: Exhumation of Graves- Government’s 15-year burial policy
 What is your impression of Singapore’s cemeteries? The Coffin is Too Big for the Hole- KuoPao Kun
S’pore Cemeteries: Heritage & Disappearance ,[object Object]
Singapore founded on 1965
Some cemeteries in Singapore existed as early as 1800s:Forbidden Hill (christian) Cemetery: 1820  (Fort Canning) - 1822  St Joseph’s Church Cemetery 1846. closed after 138 yrs (Bukit Timah) Jewish Cemetery (Thomson Rd) before 1914- 1985  ,[object Object],Bidadari Cemetery (multi-religious: Catholics, Muslims, Hindus) 1908-2006 ,[object Object],UluPandan (military) Cemetery 1955-1975 (Clementidevelopment program)
Remaining Cemeteries Choa Chu Kang Cemetery (the only 1 open for burial in S’pore) ,[object Object],“Rows upon rows upon rows of graves. As far as your eye can reach. Do you see any one of them sitting on two plots?” –The Coffin is Too Big for the Hole
Choa Chu Kang con’t: PusaraAman Cemetery and PusaraAbadi Cemetery Muslim cemeteries Video: Muslims exhumed PusaraAbadi. In the background are foreign workers dormitories- Stomp
remaining cemeteries con’t: Citizen & Military 2) Bukit Brown Cemetery 3) Japanese Cemetery Park (Hougang) 4) Kranji War Cemetery (Allied soldiers who died Jap Occupation) Do our cemeteries remind you of HDB flats?
Bury  or  Cremate & store at columbarium (takes up less space) ,[object Object]

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Appendix 2 Powerpoint On Cemeteries And Kuo Pao Kun

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  • 2. Columbarium: A structure with recesses in the walls to store urns 2 videos: Exhumation of Graves- Government’s 15-year burial policy
  • 3. What is your impression of Singapore’s cemeteries? The Coffin is Too Big for the Hole- KuoPao Kun
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  • 8. Choa Chu Kang con’t: PusaraAman Cemetery and PusaraAbadi Cemetery Muslim cemeteries Video: Muslims exhumed PusaraAbadi. In the background are foreign workers dormitories- Stomp
  • 9. remaining cemeteries con’t: Citizen & Military 2) Bukit Brown Cemetery 3) Japanese Cemetery Park (Hougang) 4) Kranji War Cemetery (Allied soldiers who died Jap Occupation) Do our cemeteries remind you of HDB flats?
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  • 11. Columbarium: A structure with recesses in the walls to store urns 2 videos: Exhumation of Graves- Government’s 15-year burial policy
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  • 13. His works serve as a bridge for Chinese and English educated
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  • 15. The Coffin is Too Large for the Hole Written & staged in 1985 monologue speech delivered to another (unseen) character or (very rarely such as in absurdist plays) to the audience Different from soliloquy (character thinks aloud; a character can't stand on stage thinking quietly to himself. The audience would be completely BORED. Aside: only audience can hear what is said First written in English, also translated to Chinese Situation then: rapid urbanization, economic commercialization, educational reforms and the culture clash between East and West