SINGAPORE — The Padang, along with the civic architecture surrounding it, has been added to Singapore's tentative list for Unesco World Heritage sites, the National Heritage Board (NHB) said on Thursday (March 9).
The inclusion to the tentative list is the first step in a five to six year process in nominating the Padang as a potential Unesco World Heritage site.
The bid to include the Padang in this exclusive list follows the successful inscription of the Singapore Botanic Gardens as Singapore's first Unesco World Heritage site in 2015.To become a World Heritage Site, the site must be of"outstanding universal value" and meet at least one out of 10 selection criteria.
"The coalescence of colonial-era and post-independence civic institutions within a single municipal area bears testament to the historically widespread phenomenon of decolonisation and the globally significant transition of long-held British territories to newly independent nations in the decades following World War II."
The site has also bore witness to key milestones in Singapore's history, such as the installation of Yusof Ishak as the Yang di-Pertuan Negara, a title for the head of state, as well as Singapore's first National Day Parade.NHB said that the successful nomination of the Padang Civic Ensemble will provide greater recognition of Singapore's heritage on the global stage.
In addition, it will also increase international visibility to Singapore as a tourist destination, and also improve relations with other international heritage organisations.After its addition to the tentative list, the site will go through a"preliminary assessment" — a new mechanism in the World Heritage Site nomination process.
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