SINGAPORE: The site at 38 Oxley Road, where key discussions between Singapore\u2019s founding leaders took place, was formally acquired by the Government on July 31.<\/p>\n
The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) and the National Heritage Board (NHB) said in a statement that the Government has completed the acquisition process and took possession of the site on July 31. The acquisition amount was not stated.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe NHB will undertake a detailed study of the site and the options for how it can be developed into a public space in a manner that respects Mr Lee Kuan Yew\u2019s wishes for privacy,\u201d the agencies said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the interim, necessary maintenance works will be carried out as required, and there will be no public access to the site.\u201d<\/p>\n
When The Straits Times visited the site on July 31, NHB officers were seen within the compound.<\/p>\n
The site, which includes a pre-war bungalow that was founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew\u2019s family home, was on Dec 12, 2025, gazetted a national monument.<\/p>\n
On Nov 3 that same year, when the Government had announced its intention to gazette the site as a monument, it had also stated its intention to acquire the site to safeguard and preserve it.<\/p>\n
The site\u2019s last owner was Lee\u2019s younger son, Lee Hsien Yang, the younger brother of Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong.<\/p>\n
The family home has been at the centre of a long-running dispute between the Lee siblings, with Lee Hsien Yang and his late sister Lee Wei Ling alleging that SM Lee wanted the pre-war one-storey bungalow preserved for his political gain against their father\u2019s wishes to demolish it.<\/p>\n
SM Lee refuted their accusations in a ministerial statement in Parliament, after having raised grave concerns over the \u201ctroubling circumstances\u201d around the preparation of their late father\u2019s final will.<\/p>\n
In a Facebook post on July 31, Lee Hsien Yang said: \u201cThe compulsory acquisition of his home is a repudiation of his (Lee Kuan Yew\u2019s) values and a flagrant disregard for his long-held wish.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Jan 29, 2026, the site was gazetted for acquisition by the Government, with SLA and NHB saying in a statement then that preserving and acquiring the site meant that it cannot be redeveloped for residential, commercial or other private uses.<\/p>\n
Minister for Culture, Community and Youth David Neo has said that the Government\u2019s intention is to develop the site into a public space after its acquisition, such as a heritage park, that Singaporeans can access. – The Straits Times\/ANN<\/p>\n
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