Class: 6 Joy
The former Bidadari Cemetery is just a few bus-stops away from Canossa Convent Primary School (CCPS). If you have ever taken a bus from CCPS to NEX Shopping Mall, you would have passed by the defunct cemetery.
In 1998, the Government drew up a Master Plan for Singapore. In the Master Plan, it was stated that Bidadari Cemetery was to be cleared for the building of houses. The relatives of those who were buried there were informed that they had four years to claim the remains.
Today, the former cemetery is a park. There are also plans to build a New Town. There have been various debates over whether it is right to “destroy” a cemetery to make way for the building of houses. Besides that, there is also the question of whether anyone would want to stay in a flat/house that is built over a cemetery.
What are your thoughts on this? Post your answers to the following two questions as a comment to this blog entry:
- What do you think of “destroying” a cemetery to make way for the building of houses?
- Will you stay in a flat/house that is built over a cemetery?
48 comments:
I think that it is rude to the dead to take away their cemetery.
I would not want to stay in a building that was build over a cemetery as it seems scary to me as the dead are buried there.
I think it is rude as we are disturbing the peace of the dead.
I would not want to stay in a building that was build over a cemetery as I am superstitious and I think that the dead will haunt me.
1)I think that removing the bodies of loved ones from the grave and incinerating them is very disrespectful because if they wanted to be incinerated, they would have said so.
2)NO.
1) I think it is not a nice thing to"destory" a cemetery to make way for the building houses. It will not let the dead rest in peace and supertitious people would not buy it.
2)I would not stay in a flat or house built over a cemetery ,the spirts of the dead would be there and we are disturbing them as that is their resting place.
Q1.I think it does not show respect to the "spirits" who had made their homes at the cemetry.
Q2.No, I will not stay in a flat/house that is built over the house. You may disturb the spirits there that once was in peace and they may drive you out of the house as you may make too noice , disturbing them .
I feel that it is very disrespectful of them to do this . The dead are resting yet we are disturb , their family will feel upset and angry .
I will not live in this kind of houses build on cemeteries as I feel that it is scary and rude
I think that “destroying” a cemetery to make way for the building of houses is acceptable because if it is just not to disrespect them and not let them rest in peace,a lot of people will not have a home to stay in.
I will not stay in a flat/house that is built over a cemetery as it will haunt me!
I feel that destroying a cemetery to make way for the building of houses is disrespectful to the dead .
I will not stay in a house built over a cemetery as i will feel freaked out everyday as it is very scary.
I feel that destroying a cemetery to make way for the building of houses is wrong as the family of the dead would be upset over this. I will not stay in a house built overa cemetery as I am very scared
I would not like to live in a house built over a former cemetery as I have a lot of respect for the dead. the dead might be dead but that does not mean that they do not have feelings. If someone with a lot of power were to throw you out of your own house, how would you feel? What if they were to give you another low quality house? What if they were to burn you? Also people were to live there they would be in the constant fear that ghosts may hunt them. Why can't we just leave that piece of land alone? That will reflect better in our human values.our future generation would then have more first-hand experience other than from textbooks. Our pioneers deserve more respect than this.I think that we should just leave it alone. That is why I would not like to live in a house built over a former cemetery.
I think that " destroying " a cemetery to make way for the building of houses is very disrespectful to the dead as we are not letting them rest in peace.
I will not stay in a flat/house that is built over a cemetery as I will not feel safe.
I think that "destroying" a cemetery to make way for the building of houses is extremely disrespectful towards the deceased.
I will definitely not live in a flat/house built over a cemetery as I feel that I'm also disrespecting the deceased and I wouldn't feel quite safe.
I think that "destroying" the graves of the dead is very disrespectful, they should let them rest in peace and not disturb them.
I would not stay in a house built over a cemetery as the spirits of the dead may remain although their graves are brought to somewhere else and the spirits might haunt us.
Q1. I think that it is a very disrespectful thing.
Q2. I will not stay there as I am scared that the spirit will haunt me.
I think it is bad to remove the dead from their grave and either re-bury them or burn them.
I would not live in a place built over a cemetery because it seems very creepy.
1)I think that it is very disrespectful to do such a thing to the "dead".Not only will these "dead" be affected ,but those who are related to these "dead" may be hurt by this decision made .
2) No ,It is very spooky to stay in a flat/house that is built over a cemetery.
i think it is sad and cruel.
no i will not as it may be haunted
1)No,it is wrong.
2)Yes,if the dead don't harm us.
1.I think it is very rude to "destory" the cemetery.The people wanted to place their kin(dead)in this cemetery will their own reason.
2.I will.Because the government labour workers had cleared the bones earlier before they started building flat/houses.
1)I think that we might disturb the buried.The people who loved one's are buried there would be hurt.
2)No.It is scary if i were to stay in a house built above a cemetery.
Q1.I would not fully support this idea because if the cemetery was to be moved to a further place,their relatives would have fewer chances of visting his/her ancestors grave.
Q2.I am not sure if i would stay in a flat/house that is built over cemetery.
1)I think it's
very bad to disturb and destroy the cemetery as it is the death will also want peace.I think the cemetery should not be destroy because it can also be a memory to the next generation.
2)I think maybe i would not want to stay in a house that is built over cemetery as i think it would be haunted.
Q1 Answer: I don't think it is a good idea to destroy the cemetery.The family of the people will get angry because it will not be able to visit the person.
Q2 Answer: No. I don't think it is a good idea to build over a cemetery because I believe some people will think it will be 'haunted and spirits of the dead' will be there staying with them.
1)some spooky things will happend while digging up the cemetery.2)Maybe some strange thing will happend or strange sound at night that will attract you(maybe for revenge).
1)I think it is very bad to destroy a cemetery to mark way for the building of houses.
2)No.It is very scary when a person is staying alone in the house.
I think that that is not the right way,because the people who are going to move in to that flat are being rude imagine if they were the ones being buried there they also woudn't want that to happen.
No,because I don't want the bodies of the left overs to be scattered into the sea if not guilt will be hanging over my head for the rest of my life.
Q1-I does not agree the goverment"detroying" the cemetery
Q2-No,I would not because I think it is not good/right to built a flat either a house over a cemetery. I think I will appreciate if the goverment who has a great heart to make more ways for the people who is from the other countries that will be coming to Singapore,I does not agree the goverment of building flats and houses because the people tombstones are builded and some of the people relatives did pay the grave that the people who has build those tombstones.If the goverment really build any of the flats/houses then wish the people who is buying then I'll wish them good luck but I do not think that anyone will buy it.
(1) I think it is very disrespectful to destroy a cemetery to make way for the building of houses and it is not easy to bury a "dead person" again "rebury "
(2) no i won't! it is very scary to live in a flat which is actually a (former) cemetery
1)I think of "destroying" a cemetery to make way for the building of houses is because it is very disrespectful to the dead.
2)I will stay in the flat buid over a cemetery if the place is cheap.
Q1-I does not agree the goverment"detroying" the cemetery
Q2-No,I would not because I think it is not good/right to built a flat either a house over a cemetery. I think I will appreciate if the goverment who has a great heart to make more ways for the people who is from the other countries that will be coming to Singapore,I does not agree the goverment of building flats and houses because the people tombstones are builded and some of the people relatives did pay the grave that the people who has build those tombstones.If the goverment really build any of the flats/houses then wish the people who is buying then I'll wish them good luck but I do not think that anyone will buy it.
I think it is bad and disrespectful to remove the dead from their grave and either re-bury them or burn them.
I would not live in a place built over a cemetery because it seems very creepy.
I think it is not very nice to destroy the graves as their families have paid a lot of money to get that particular grave and it would disturb the dead.
I will not like to stay over a cemetery as it may get haunted.
1) I think it is not a nice thing to"destory" a cemetery to make way for the building houses. It will not let the dead rest in peace and supertitious people would not buy it.
2)I would not stay in a flat or house built over a cemetery ,the spirts of the dead would be there and we are disturbing them as that is their resting place.
1) What do you think of “destroying” a cemetery to make way for the building of houses?
Ans:I think it is rude as the dead also need a place to rest as we put 'rest in peace'(That's our belief).We are not supposed to destroy thier homes and it is like like destroying your house while you are still inside.
2) Will you stay in a flat/house that is built over a cemetery?
Ans:No i have lived near a place where people were buried.It had nightmares and some wierd things happened to me those days.
1)I think that it is very disrespectful to do such a thing to the "dead".Not only will these "dead" be affected ,but those who are related to these "dead" may be hurt by this decision made .
2) No ,It is very spooky to stay in a flat/house that is built over a cemetery.
-I think it is very disrepectful for the dead as well as to their families.
-I would not stay in a flat/house built over a cemetery as i would not want to experience paranormal activity.
think that “destroying” a cemetery to make way for the building of houses is acceptable because if it is just not to disrespect them and not let them rest in peace,a lot of people will not have a home to stay in.
I think it is a very bad idea. We should respect the dead and their relatives. Example: I wouldn't want my grandfather grave to bo move, as it will be very inconvinient. Sonmetimes we choose the cemetry for convinience.
I feel that destroying a cemetery to make way for the building of houses is disrespectful to the dead .
I will not stay in a house built over a cemetery as i will feel freaked out everyday as it is very scary.
I find it very disrespectful as it is like destroying the "home" of the spirits.
No, never in my life! It is creepy just staying on a cemetey. The homeless spirits might just come and haunt me when i am sleeping
I think it is rude as we are disturbing the peace of the dead.
I would not want to stay in a building that was build over a cemetery as I am superstitious and I think that the dead will haunt me.
I dont think its a good idea as it is not letting the people being buried to rest in peace, i am pretty sure that if 'we' were buried we will not want to be digged up and to make way for bulidings that people will leave in. Its like if we paid a packaged tour and then they cancled the tour and did not give us a refund.
I will not live in a house/flat like this as i am super super scared/afraid of dead. To me death is so scary i dont even dare to attend a funeral or go near one. But most singaporeans will not stay in such a place i guess. It is clearly disrespectful.
1)I think that removing the bodies of loved ones from the grave and incinerating them is very disrespectful because if they wanted to be incinerated, they would have said so.
2)NO.
1) No it is not the way to make a living as it is unfair to the dead as their soul will be disturbed.
2) No I wiil not stay in a flat house built over a cementary as I believe in ghosts.
- Nithya (6 Faith)
1. I think it is rude and it does not show respect to the dead.
2. No, i would not live in a house/flat built over a cemetery because i am afraid of of the dead.
I feel that destroying a cemetery to make way for the building of houses is disrespectful to the dead .
I will not stay in a house built over a cemetery as i will feel freaked out everyday as it is very scary.
1. I think it is disrespectful to destroy a cemetery to make way for building of houses
2. No, I will not. The houses might be haunted by the dead and it is very scary.
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