Debrief: Scope for greater public say in gazetting Fort Siloso and future national monuments

Since Monday , the coastal fort has taken on"proposed national monument" status, granting it similar protections to gazetted monuments. Those who alter and change monuments in a way that affects their character and significance face punishment.

While others such as Cavenagh, Anderson and Elgin bridges were gazetted as an ensemble, each bridge is historically independent, meaning they can be preserved separately as they are individually significant. But for Fort Siloso, preserving just one of the guns will make no sense unless it is accompanied by a whole-of-fort charge.The process of gazetting a site - whether privately or publicly owned - as a national monument is not an easy one.

Singapore Heritage Society president Jack Lee said:"People may be able to share their memories of such sites, which will enrich our understanding of them and help the authorities to decide if the sites are worthy of preservation." Fort Siloso's forthcoming gazette will also be the first time multiple structures within a larger context or site have been recognised as a monument. ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO

As for the collective preservation of multiple structures in Fort Siloso, architectural historian Yeo Kang Shua said an appropriate rehabilitation of its historic cultural landscape is needed following the gazette to allow better appreciation of its function as a fort. Dr Yeo said some areas will require restoration, which might include selectively clearing vegetation that currently obscures the line of fire of some guns. ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOOWhile the inclusion of a public feedback mechanism in the gazetting process is welcome, more can be done to improve the quality of such mechanisms, so that the public may have a say in what is national monument-worthy.

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