MENTION Lau Pa Sat, and many Singaporeans will think of satay, barbecued seafood and steamboat. Is that any way to remember a unique 150-year-old building that looms large in Singapore's history? No, says senior lawyer and former judicial commissioner Joe Grimberg, who wrote to The Straits Times last week to say the majestic building is in a miserable state, cluttered by 'stalls and murky tarpaulins'. A...
National Monuments
Another six buildings will be preserved as national monuments. They are Church of St Teresa, Command House, Keng Teck Whay temple, the former Raffles College, the former St James Power Station, and Bowyer Block at the Singapore General Hospital. Acting Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, RADM (NS) Lui Tuck Yew, in announcing the latest buildings to be gazetted on the National...