Singapore weighs preserving Lee Kuan Yew's home as national monument

24/10/2024 16:33

        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 said on Thursday.
        
        The late statesman's youngest child Lee Hsien Yang applied on Oct. 21 to demolish the single-storey bungalow on Oxley Road in central Singapore in line with his father's wishes.
        
        Preservation as a national monument would mean the heritage board can stop any operation or activity that could destroy, damage or alter the home.
        
        It has been in the centre of a public spat between the three Lee siblings since the statesman's death in 2015. The issue re-emerged recently after Lee's daughter who was living in the house died on Oct 9.
        
        "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.