Singapore Heritage – The Old School

I do get the impression that Singapore has improved its attitude to heritage and preservation in recent years after a couple of trips down there and some conversations with people this year – especially when you think back to the days when no shophouse was safe and the island nearly lost all of them! There used to be a sense of saving western style buildings – churches, hotels etc but laying waste to Chinese or Straits-inspired architecture and removing all kampongs. This CNNGo article, whic rightly mentions the ridiculousness of preservation when it is simply ‘facadiside’, on the campaign around the Old School, or the former Methodist Girls School, at Mount Sophia, now a bit of an arts and galleries centre. Good luck to to the campaigners and the article notes their Facebook camapign. I fear that later buildings – 1950s, 1960s etc may not yet be fully appreciated.