The Changi prison is a site that should be preserved. In 2000, the prison was demolished. However, In view of its historical significance, the preservation of monuments board worked with the Singapore prison service and the urban redevelopment authority to allow the front gates of the old prison to be preserved and moved to the new prison. I think that whole of the prison should be preserved.
Changi Prison was designed to be a maximum security prison to house up to 600 criminals sentenced to long-term imprisonment in British Singapore. The remaining structures of the original prison – the entrance gate, wall and turrets – stand as an enduring symbol of the suffering of those who defended Singapore and the tumultuous years of the Japanese Occupation (1942-1945). This site also showed how far Singapore came from one subjugation to another and finally independence and that this journey was not an easy one.
The government should have preserved the whole site but at least the heritage, culture and history behind this prison are preserved and not lost.
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