S'pore will have an Indian Heritage Centre at Serangoon Road

Channel NewsAsia
27 March 2008

SINGAPORE: Singapore will have an Indian Heritage Centre soon along Serangoon Road.

This was revealed by Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Balaji Sadasivan, who is in India with Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong.

Touring the National Museum of India together with Mr Goh and the Singapore delegation, Dr Balaji said that Singapore already has a Malay Heritage Centre and a Chinese Heritage Centre.

An Indian Heritage Centre will reflect the country's diverse ethnic make-up and history.

Dr Balaji said that the recent Nalanda exhibition was possible with the help of the National Museum of India, as it loaned some of its Buddhist relics to Singapore.

And closer cooperation with the museums of India will once again prove useful as India can offer advice in the setting up of the Indian Heritage Centre. - CNA/vm

Ed's Notes: Is this a byproduct of social integration? Since we already have a Malay and Chinese heritage center then we better have an indian one as well. What next? A eurasian one surely.

Is the HDB fulfilling the needs of Singaporeans?

Right after the tutorial today where we had our debate on public housing, I came across this blog post on tomorrow.sg with the above title.

"Is the HDB fulfilling the needs of Singaporeans?" by Leong Sze Hian, TheOnlineCitizen, 17 March 2008

It's not quite talking about nation-building but it does talk about some of the issues that challenges the public housing system today.

Complaints Choir of Singapore hits Youtube

After all their public performances were banned in Singapore, the Complaints Choir of Singapore brings their performance on youtube.

No idea what the complaints choir debacle is about, read these:
Complaints Choir Website
Singapore Complaints Choir kena complain ah?, Mr Brown
Chorus of Complaints, ChannelNewsAsia, 15 January 2008

It's interesting to seehear what their take on Singapore is.