There was debate online about the installation of the two colonial statues in Fort Canning Park.
The artwork was unveiled on May 21, 2024 at the site of the first botanical and experimental garden established by Sir Stamford Raffles and Danish botanist, Dr Nathaniel Wallich, in Fort Canning Park . SINGAPORE: Singapore takes a"clear eyed-view" of its colonial past and does not glorify or celebrate it, National Development Minister Desmond Lee said on Tuesday about the recently installed statues of Sir Stamford Raffles and Dr Nathaniel Wallich in Fort Canning Park .
"It takes different forms in different places. In some places, it involves a reinterpretation of events or how they are viewed. In others, it has involved a latter day condemnation of all things regarded as associated with colonialism." "We need not be afraid of the past. We should be able to reference it with confidence, having regard to all we have achieved together since independence as a people and a nation, and secure in the knowledge that we continue to carve our own destiny and forge our future."
Demonstrators in the British city of Bristol pulled down a statue of Edward Colston, a colonial slave trader, and dumped it in the river.
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