No eternal rest for the dead in crowded Singapore

reuters.com 27 Nov '12, 6am

No eternal rest for the dead in crowded Singapore

By Kevin Lim and Eveline Danubrata SINGAPORE | Tue Nov 27, 2012 2:02am EST SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Eternal peace does not last long in Singapore. Starting early next year, workers with heavy machinery will begin constructing an eight-lane highway across the small country's oldest surviving major cemetery, overriding the objections of nature lovers and heritage buffs. Singapore, with its 5.3 million people crammed onto an island less than half the size of London, is already more densely populated than rival Asian business center Hong Kong, making permanent burial space unfeasible. The whole of Bukit Brown - the resting place of more than 100,000 people, including some of Singapore's pioneering business and clan leaders and their large, intricately carved tombs - will eventually be used for residential development. At least 30 people buried there have streets named after them....

Full article: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/27/us-singapore-bu...

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@monazzilla » 29 Nov '12, 5am
And then... RT @ashwinsanghi: No eternal rest for the dead in crowded Singapore [link] via @Reuters
@Eagleeye47 » 29 Nov '12, 5am
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@avial__ » 28 Nov '12, 6am
シンガポールの墓地事情と墓堀人の話。[link] シンガポールでは土地不足により、埋葬期間が15年と定められている。
@Miss_Macabre » 27 Nov '12, 3pm
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@adrianmurdoch » 27 Nov '12, 10am
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@ReutersSEAsia » 27 Nov '12, 9am
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@thusharaansari » 27 Nov '12, 8am
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@octaviohoyos » 27 Nov '12, 7am
RT @reuterspictures: A grave digger exhumes a grave at Bukit Brown Cemetery in Singapore to make way for a road - [link] story [link]
@reuterspictures » 27 Nov '12, 7am
A grave digger exhumes a grave at Bukit Brown Cemetery in Singapore to make way for a road - [link] story [link]
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@jacopogiliberto » 27 Nov '12, 7am
nell'affollatissima #singapore lo spazio non basta e il cimitero diventa area edificabile. da @Reuters in inglisc [link]
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@ashyusof » 27 Nov '12, 6am
Kesian SG. No emotion, then after death also kena kacau. [link] via @kvijaynathan
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@maruatafanai » 27 Nov '12, 6am
Never ending growing Singapore population-living & dead! RT @Reuters: No eternal rest for the dead in crowded Singapore [link]
@marvinbeatty » 27 Nov '12, 6am
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@Zoomchaka » 27 Nov '12, 6am
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