SINGAPORE: Mr Lee Hsien Yang on Monday (Nov 17) issued an open letter objecting to a government proposal to designate the 38 Oxley Road site as a national monument, saying that the decision would dishonour his late father’s wishes.
This came after the government announced earlier this month its intention to gazette the site of Singapore’s founding prime minister’s family home as a national monument given its historic significance.
“The PAP government can honour Lee Kuan Yew on a matter of deep importance to him, or trample on his wishes and create a monument to that dishonour,” wrote his younger son in a letter posted to Facebook and translated into Mandarin, Malay and Tamil.
“As his son and his trustee I object to the proposed gazetting of the property.”
The letter, which was addressed to Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, was posted on the deadline day for objections to be filed with authorities following the government’s proposal to gazette the site. The government said it would give the property owner – 38 Oxley Road Pte Ltd – until Nov 17 to file objections.
