It also operates one of Singapore's two private crematoria, alongside Tse Toh Aum Temple (Bright Hill Cremation and Columbarium).

Between 1920 and 1921, the Phor Kark See Monastery was built on the a plot of land in Thomson Road donated by Tay Woo Seng, a Chinese businessman.

[citation needed] In 1980, the temple began to build Evergreen Bright Hill Home, which opened in 1983,[6] with the donation of S$5.3 million from Hong Choon's followers, He Hui Zhong's family's company.

[citation needed] On 15 January 2002, the temple announced a Compassion Fund to provide financial assistance to retrenched workers with a last drawn pay of up to $2,500, and who do not qualify for other aid schemes.

Between November 2007 and June 2008, the monastery also reportedly gave free meals to about 200 people daily,[11] clarifying their prayer and meditation practices instead of relying on probable means of incomes such as exorcism.

[13] In April 2009, the temple launched Gum, an English-language magazine, to bridge the gap between their older Hokkien-speaking devotees and English-speaking youth.

In March 2009, local filmmaker Royston Tan established Chuan Pictures, a new production house, to collaborate with the temple on a 15-minute Mandarin short film, "Little Note."

[26] In 2014, the Buddhist College of Singapore operated by the monastery announced intentions of accepting female monastics, with the new nunnery campus housed at Poh Ern Shih Temple, taking in 45 students every two years.