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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Hill in Singapore}}<br />
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{{Infobox mountain<br />
| name = Bukit Chandu<br />
| etymology = [[Opium in Singapore|Opium]]<br />
| photo = ReflectionsatBukitChandu-Singapore-20070809.jpg<br />
| photo_caption = [[Reflections at Bukit Chandu]]<br />
| translation = Opium Hill<br />
| language = [[Malay language|Malay]]<br/>[[Singapore English]]<br />
| location = Singapore<br />
| range = [[Southern Ridges]]<br />
| map = Singapore<br />
| type = Hill<br />
}}<br />
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'''Bukit Chandu'''{{Efn|English: Opium Hill}} is a hill located within [[Kent Ridge Park]] in Singapore. It was the site of the [[Battle of Bukit Chandu]], a significant engagement that took place on 14 February 1942 during the [[Battle of Singapore]] in [[World War II]].<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
The name of the hill, Bukit Chandu, reflects its historical association with an opium-processing factory that once operated at its base.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nor-Afidah Abd Rahman |last2=Nureza Ahmad |last3=Soong |first3=Alec |date=2021 |title=Battle of Opium Hill |url=https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/article-detail?cmsuuid=be7ce13d-adb5-4877-af4d-5ba2671bc913 |access-date=2025-06-29 |website=[[National Library Board]] |language=en}}</ref> This connection to the former factory gave rise to the name, which translates from Malay as "Opium Hill."<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Living_in_a_Garden/nOBUAgAAQBAJ? |title=Living in a Garden: The Greening of Singapore |date= |publisher=[[Editions Didier Millet]] |year=2013 |isbn=978-981-4385-24-4 |pages=148 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
Bukit Chendu is the site of the Battle of Pasir Panjang during the February 1942 invasion by the Japanese.<ref name=":0" /> On this ridge, fewer than 100 [[1st Malaya Infantry Brigade|Malay Regiment]] soldiers waged against a [[18th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)|Japanese army]] of 18,000. Despite being outnumbered many times over and later being out of bullets, they held their ground for two days, finally fighting hand-to-hand. Most were killed and many were tortured, their bodies subsequently found to have been mutilated.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Hamzah Muzaini |first= |url=https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Contested_Memoryscapes/DPMyDAAAQBAJ? |title=Contested Memoryscapes: The Politics of Second World War Commemoration in Singapore |last2=Yeoh |first2=Brenda S. A. |date= |publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-317-16039-7 |pages=72 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Attractions ==<br />
As appreciation for their gallantry, the [[Reflections at Bukit Chandu]] interpretive centre was established in a restored colonial bungalow at 31K Pepys Road, which opened on 15 February 2002, sixty years after the [[fall of Singapore]]. The centre tells the battle history and honors the Malay Regiment's gallantry, which has been called an enduring recordof grit and sacrifice. Now, Bukit Chendu represents Singapore's strengthand a commemoration to all the lives lost in the defense of Singapore.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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== External links ==<br />
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