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SINGAPORE – The PAP government has chosen to \u201ctrample\u201d on founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew\u2019s wish to have his house demolished in its entirety by planning to gazette the site of 38 Oxley Road as a national monument, said Mr Lee Hsien Yang on Nov 3. <\/p>\n
In a statement posted on his Facebook page that night, Mr Lee Hsien Yang said the <\/p>\n move to earmark 38 Oxley Road as a national monument<\/p>\n <\/a> \u201ceffectively rejects\u201d the demolition application that he had earlier submitted.<\/p>\n He noted that the late Mr Lee had regarded his whole house as private. \u201cThe PAP government has chosen to trample on Lee Kuan Yew\u2019s unwavering wish to demolish his private house,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Earlier on Nov 3, the National Heritage Board (NHB) had announced that the Preservation of Sites and Monuments Advisory Board has assessed the 38 Oxley Road site <\/p>\n to be of \u201chistoric significance and national importance\u201d<\/p>\n <\/a>, and worthy of preservation.<\/p>\n Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth David Neo has accepted the NHB\u2019s recommendation, and intends to gazette the site as a national monument. If a preservation order is made, the Government intends to acquire the site to safeguard and preserve it.<\/p>\n