Free guided walks through Serangoon North this November bring together residents, artists, and the team behind Lost & Found: Serangoon. The tours visit featured sites, introduce local people and animals, and unpack lesser-known stories from the neighbourhood, including place names such as Sa Ranggong, Hwi Yoh, RAF Chia Keng and Ang Sar Li, plus a hunt for the elusive “Sayang”.
Walks are free and last about 90 minutes to two hours. They start at Central Plaza, 151A Serangoon North Avenue 1, Singapore 551151. Dates are Saturday 13 November (10am, 11am and 4pm), Saturday 20 November (10am and 11am) and Saturday 27 November (10am, 11am and 1pm). Guides include Ammar “Ameezy”, Koh Nguang How, Khoo Ee Hoon, Kumar, Nabilah Said and Syafiqah ‘Adha Sallehin.
Japanese Cemetery Park with Khoo Ee Hoon
Khoo Ee Hoon has lived in Serangoon North since 1991. Curiosity about her then-new home in the 1990s led her to the area’s past. On this roughly two-hour walk she shares local knowledge, with a focus on the Japanese Cemetery Park, where many notable and colourful figures in Singapore history are buried. Ee Hoon trained as a theatre professional and became a researcher by accident. She has worked on many productions as a stage manager and technical director. Those jobs fed a habit of exploring, learning and making. She now researches Singapore’s deathscapes, specialising in Bukit Brown Cemetery and the Japanese Cemetery Park.
Hwi Yoh memories with Koh Nguang How
Artist Koh Nguang How lived in Hwi Yoh from 1963 to 1981. On a walk of about 90 minutes he recalls growing up in a village known for pottery and rope making, both tied to his maternal grandfather. The route follows landmarks along the former main road of Jalan Hwi Yoh, now Serangoon North Avenue 1, including the original sites of Hwi Yoh Community Centre and Sam Mui Kuang Pottery. Born in Singapore in 1963, Nguang How works in photography, collage, installation, performance, documentation, archiving and curating. He began exhibiting art archives in 1992 and started the Singapore Art Archive Project (SAAP) in 2005. He has presented more than 15 thematic works and exhibitions under SAAP in Singapore and overseas.
Behind the scenes with Nabilah Said, Ammar “Ameezy” and the music team
Playwright Nabilah Said, who wrote Lost & Found: Serangoon, leads a roughly two-hour walk on the inspirations and making of the work, joined by heritage consultant and resident Khoo Ee Hoon. Nabilah is an award-winning playwright and poet whose work often treats history, memory and shifting communities. She likes experimental, care-centred methods, walking, and geocaching.
Filmmaker Ammar “Ameezy”, whose aunt and uncle live in Serangoon North, also leads a behind-the-scenes walk on how the film was made. His tour is designed for hearing and non-hearing audiences, with accessibility provisions. Ammar works in moving image and street dance. He grew up in deaf and hearing worlds and aims to push and cross those boundaries.
Another walk pairs Khoo Ee Hoon with music director and composer Syafiqah ‘Adha Sallehin on the historical and musical ideas behind the project. What sounds belonged to the former village of Jalan Hwi Yoh? Can listeners imagine the call of the burung ranggong? Which instruments went into the scores? Syafiqah graduated from the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music. Her compositions often draw on national identity, cultural heritage, and myths and fantasy.
Kumar’s neighbourhood haunts
Comedian, host and drag queen Kumar, often called Singapore’s most iconic in those roles, lives near Serangoon North’s pet-shop stretch and loves dogs. In a one-off Lost & Found: Serangoon tour he walks as a local, taking people to favourite haunts and makan spots. He talks about the new Subway that replaced Japan Home, his pets, and ties with neighbours. He asks where kampong spirit sits in Singapore today, and how people should live as a community after Covid.
Practical Details
Dates and times: Saturday 13 November 2026, 10am, 11am and 4pm; Saturday 20 November 2026, 10am and 11am; Saturday 27 November 2026, 10am, 11am and 1pm. Duration about 90 minutes to 2 hours (individual walks are listed as about 90 minutes or about 2 hours depending on the guide).
Price: Free.
Meeting point: Central Plaza, 151A Serangoon North Avenue 1, Singapore 551151. Nearest MRT: Serangoon (NE12/CC13) or Khatib is not the closest; use Serangoon North bus services along Serangoon North Avenue 1, or Serangoon MRT then a short bus or taxi ride north.
Guides: Ammar “Ameezy”, Koh Nguang How, Khoo Ee Hoon, Kumar, Nabilah Said and Syafiqah ‘Adha Sallehin.
Full tour listings and booking notes are on the Lost & Found: Serangoon guided tours page.
