The graves at St John Church Cemetery

18 Aug 2024 The Straits Times

Exhumation Notice

HOUSING & DEVELOPMENT BOARD

National Environment Agency

NOTICE FOR EXHUMATION OF GRAVES AT ST JOHN CHURCH CEMETERY

Based on the Urban Redevelopment Authority's gazetted Master Plan 2019, the St John Church Cemetery is located within "Church Town on land zoned "Residential". The Housing & Development Board (HDB), as the agent appointed by the Government, is undertaking site clearance to facilitate future development. To support HDB in the land preparation work, the National Environment Agency (NEA) will assist in undertaking the exhumation of the affected graves on site.

[Map of St John Church Cemetery location]

Registration of Claims

Next-of-kin who wish to make a claim for the affected graves may do so from 16 August 2024 to 30 April 2025. Next-of-kin of the affected graves may register their claims for the remains by completing the online Claim Registration Form by 30 April 2025 using the QR code below:

Choa Chu Kang Cemetery Office

940 Old Choa Chu Kang Road

Singapore 698910

Email: nea_cckcemetery@nea.gov.sg

Tel No: 6795 5511

Mondays to Fridays, 8.30am to 4.30pm

(Excluding Saturdays, Sundays & Public Holidays)

*Online registration

First-time visitors: You will be directed to a transition page to verify the go.gov.sg URL. Upon verification, you will be directed to a link which contains gov.sg

Repeat visitors: You will be directed straight to the link which contains gov.sg

Exhumation of graves will commence after registration of claims. All registered claimants will be notified of the exhumation date by NEA.

Please note that due to ongoing works at the site, for public safety, members of public are currently not allowed to enter without prior arrangements.

Important Information on Exhumation and Cremation by NEA

Exhumation

1. All graves will be exhumed individually by a contractor engaged and supervised by NEA.

2. The claimant and relatives who wish to witness the exhumation may do so on the scheduled date of exhumation.

3. The exhumed remains will be cremated at Choa Chu Kang Crematorium on the same day.

Options after cremation

4. The claimant may opt for the cremated remains to be:

(a) stored in government columbaria, subject to availability. NEA will allocate a standard niche. Claimants can opt to choose the location of the niche within their selected government columbarium upon fee payment of $280 per niche location.

(b) scattered at an inland ash scattering facility or at sea by NEA's appointed contractor.

5. NEA will bear the costs of exhumation, cremation, allocated standard niche, standard urn and standard niche plaque with inscription of deceased's name and date of death; or inland or sea ash scattering of cremated remains.

Private Arrangements

Claimants who wish to make private arrangements to engage their own contractor to exhume the graves may do so at their own expenses. Claimants are required to indicate their plans to engage an exhumation contractor and for managing the exhumation process in the online Claim Registration Form. The appointed contractor will have to apply for an exhumation permit from NEA by 31 May 2025, with the physical exhumation carried out by 31 July 2025.

Next-of-kin are encouraged to submit the online Claim Registration Form early.

Once the claim is registered, NEA will schedule and notify the claimant on the date of exhumation subsequently.

(All graves will be exhumed and the remains cremated. Unclaimed ashes will be kept for three years before being scattered at sea.)

Graves sort according to death year

1865

Maria Tan

瑪利亜陳氏

永光照之

清故顯妣孺人

聖名

瑪利亜陳氏之墓

生於嘉慶己已年　1809

卒於同治乙丑年十一月十四日 1865

孝男

莊合成 Chng Hup Seng

莊合明 Chng Hup Meng

立

1865
Peter Tay

伯多祿鄭

生於嘉慶壬戍年 1802

終於同治乙丑年 1865

故聖名伯多祿鄭

1901

吳門李亞妹
Mrs Goh nee Lee Ah Mui

主

1901
吳門李亞妹

1903

許門陳金連 Mrs Koh nee Tan Kim Lian

聖神光照

基督女徒陳氏許門金連之墓

主

1903

伍月廿一日

1907 - 陳來成

光緒卅三年1907

清來成陳公

主降生 1907

1923

林亞按

蘇亞吉

基督徒

癸亥年元月初五日終 1923

海邑新埔鄉

(潮州府惠州海豐新埔鄉)

1924

Chua Lye Neo

蔡梨娘

Husband 李智嘉

潮邑

基督徒
主降生一千玖百廿四 1924

中華甲子年梅月日立 1924

1927

Peter Lim

林彼德

Wife : Tan Cheng Lai
陳清來

基督徒
民囯十八年十二月廿九日 (1929)

英一千九百廿七年 (1927)

1944

1957

Mrs Gwee nee Chng Eng Tiew

魏母莊太夫人

魏母莊太夫人英綢暫息之所

Born 1890

Died 1957

离世时子女媳孫計三十人
男

魏媽讓

魏媽福

魏媽居

Tomb contractor :
LIM CHOON SENG

81 Selegie Rd

Singapore

1944

Ng Ah Yam

黃亞炎

IN LOVING MEMORY

NG AH YAM

DIED 23RD SEPTEMBER 1944

AGED 75 YEARS

ASLEEP IN CHRIST

Undated

Maria Goh

Marker - 15
廣東

媽利亞林門吳媽墓

Undated

Paul Lim

林保羅

普邑（普宁)

耶穌信徒 Follower of Jesus

Stone Markers

There are markers labelled up to 36 arranged in rows. It is suspected that some markers do not have tombstones or they would have fallen and lies buried in the ground

Marker stone 15

Marker stone 19

Marker stone 26

Marker stone 29

Marker stone

Marker stone 35

Additional 3 Chinese tombs unrelated Chinese tombs at St John Church Jurong, probably former villagers staying around that area and all buried 1944 - 1945 period
In additional they are Hokkien compared to the Teochew tombs in the church cemetery