Saturday 22 April 2017




Should We Demolish Mr Lee Kuan Yew's House?


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In my opinion, I think we should demolish Mr Lee Kuan Yew's house. After the passing of Mr Lee Kuan Yew, he left a will that stated he wanted his house to be demolished after his passing. It is the minimal respect to follow his will after his passing. If his house is demolished, the plot of land could be used for other purposes, for example, residential.

I understand that Mr Lee Kuan Yew had done a lot of things for Singapore, bringing her from a first world to a third world country, and because of this, many people respected him and missed him dearly after his passing. However, should Mr Lee Kuan Yew's house become a heritage site? If you were to ask me, my answer is no. Why not? We could preserve this building and make it a place where future generations can learn about Mr Lee Kuan Yew. We could preserve this building to remember him. There are many reasons why we should preserve Mr Lee Kuan Yew's house but think about it, is it really necessary? Must we need this building in order to remember him? Must we use this building to educate the future generations? No. This is just a building with no heritage values. I believe that we can remember Mr Lee Kuan Yew even if this building is demolished and we can teach the future generations about Mr Lee Kuan Yew. How? We can keep his love for him in our heart. We can tell our children stories about Mr Lee Kuan Yew, even if we are not sure of Mr Lee Kuan Yew's contributions to Singapore, we could look up to google, youtube, I'm sure there will be plenty of stories and videos about him. 

We should use this plot of land for better purposes, we should look forward and not look back, we should continue the spirit that Mr Lee Kuan Yew gave, the Singapore Spirit. We should work hard together as one and make Singapore better.

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