Does Singapore have a site worthy of being inscribed as World Heritage? This bunch of Singaporeans think so, and they’ve set up a blog to document their efforts to put a Singapore site onto the World Heritage Site (WHS) list, and also WHS-related news. It’s notable that we’ve already received recognition in the UNESCO-Asia Pacific Heritage awards for places like CHIJMES, Thian Hock Keng Temple and the old St Andrew’s School.

Tan Wee Cheng, one of the people behind the blog writes:

As at the end of Dec 08, there are 878 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 145 countries but none in Singapore. Are there really no sites in Singapore worthy of such an honour? I have visited a few hundred WHS round the world and am convinced that certain sites in Singapore deserve to be listed, for they do posses what UNESCO calls sites with “outstanding universal value”.

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For quite a few decades, Singapore was not a member of UNESCO and so the issue of WHS was merely academic. Now that we have rejoined UNESCO in October 2007, is it not time to consider applying for WHS status for our heritage sites?

I welcome all interested Singaporeans to rally together and see what can be done to get deserving Singapore sites listed on this prestigious list. Join this site to support Singapore’s listing on UNESCO! And feel free to post any suggestion here.

Visit the site to see what kinds of Singapore spaces might be included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site list. You can also make yourself heard on their facebook page here.