1020 graves to be exhumed @ Woodlands

About 1020 graves at Kwong Hou Sua Cemetery, off Woodlands Road, will be exhumed from March 2009. This is the final phase of the exhumation in the cemetery which is spread over 70,000 sqm.

The land will be used for industrial development, said the Singapore Land Authority on Wednesday. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) began the earlier phase of the exhumation on the portion of land that is required for the Downtown Line depot development.

The next-of-kin or descendants can register their claims of their ancestor's remains by April 17. The public exhumation is scheduled for completion by next June. Claimants can obtain more information from the SLA Enquiry Line (Tel: 6323 9829) or website @ http://www.sla.gov.sg/htm/khsc/index.htm. They can also e-mail their questions to SLA_KHS@sla.gov.sg.