A Journey Back to Sanxia: Migration, Stonecraft and Family Memory from Hui’An to Singapore

Venue: The POD, Level 16, National Library
Date: Saturday, 15 August 2026
Time: 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Embark on a fascinating journey of ancestry, migration and heritage.

This programme features Elsie Tan sharing her 2026 journey to Hui’an, Fujian, where she visited her ancestral home in Sanxia while tracing the roots of her grandfather, Tan Hoo Chwee, founder of Kien Seng Huat Stone Works and a founder of the Singapore Hui Ann Association.

The seminar also includes talks by Joseph Chia on Hui’an history and migration, and Darren Koh on the stone masonry trade of Kheam Hock Road, followed by a screening of a documentary, a panel discussion, and audience Q&A on heritage, migration, and ancestral discovery.

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