SINGAPORE, Oct 24 — Singapore’s heritage board will assess if founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s home should be preserved as a national monument, the culture ministry...
In vacuum of evidence, man accused of murdering maid in KK bids to pin crime on former Masterchef contestant ex-wifeA view of former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew ’s Oxley Road residence in Singapore in this file picture dated June 14, 2017. Preservation as a national monument would mean the heritage board can stop any operation or activity that could destroy, damage or alter the home.
Preservation as a national monument would mean the heritage board can stop any operation or activity that could destroy, damage or alter the home. “We do not think that any option should be precluded, or closed off, at this stage,” Minister for Culture and Community Edwin Tong wrote on Facebook. Lee Hsien Loong, the oldest of the Lee siblings who was prime minister from 2004 to May this year, thought it should be up to the government to decide.
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