[moonrab]

"In Singapore, three statutes provide general protection to tangible heritage: 

the Preservation of Monuments Act (“PMA”)[2] provides for the protection of historical sites and buildings through the National Heritage Board (“NHB”); 
the National Heritage Board Act[3] (“NHBA”) regulates archaeological investigations and the National Museum of Singapore and its collections; and 
the Planning Act[4] (“PA”) incorporates heritage considerations into the land planning process. Heritage, in this context, includes sites, buildings, structures and artefacts.

Due to recent events (which will be discussed below), some have argued that the heritage preservation laws in Singapore are inadequate.

Others have called for a more comprehensive legal regime for heritage preservation.
This article will argue that the present state of law with regards to tangible heritage protection is indeed unsatisfactory as the law provides only limited coverage. 

Two areas of inadequacy will be highlighted: 

first, the NHBA’s inability to compel compulsory consideration of heritage impact in the land planning and development process and, secondly, the shortcomings in the gazetting of national monuments under the PMA. 

These two gaps in the existing legal framework for heritage preservation must be promptly addressed if Singapore is to better protect its tangible heritage."

Many buildings owner impacted by PMA act in the past.
Once gazette done, the state will preserve it as a heritage building. 

LKY should follow the law too...
After all, he was the one started it.