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Bukit Brown Cemetery

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Bukit Brown Cemetery, Singapore 20111210 04
Bukit Brown Cemetery, Singapore 20111210 04

Bukit Brown Cemetery, also known as the Bukit Brown Municipal Cemetery or the Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery, was a cemetery in Singapore. It opened in 1922 and acted as a Chinese burial ground until its closure in 1973. Bukit Brown Cemetery is the largest Chinese cemetery outside of China and is also the location of many of Singapore's earliest pioneers.

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Bukit Brown Cemetery
Lorong Halwa, Singapore Novena (Central)

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Lorong Halwa
288308 Singapore, Novena (Central)
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