Yap Geok Song's tomb was in the Chinese papers recently after the descendants paid a visit after renovating the tomb and paying respects. The tomb is located in Greater Bukit Brown in an area that is now a Woodlands. After going through the aerial photograph of Bukit Brown taken in 1948 by the British Royal Air Force 81 Squadron, i found the location of the tomb and it confirms that it is one the larger tomb in an area surrounded by smaller ones.
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| Aerial photo of Bukit Brown, location of Yap Geok Song tomb |
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| Bukit Brown road on the top, Mount Pleasant Road below |
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| Lianhe Zaobao (September 22, 2014) |
About Yap Geok Song
Yap Geok Song was a land property owner, pineapple and rubber planter merchant. His rubber estate was privately owned and was called Kuan Tian or Yap Geok Song's estate. He was also a shareholder / director of Eastern United Assurance and Oversea Chinese Bank.Yap Geok Song passed away in March 1928 due to heart failure.
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