Singapore has its first UNESCO World Heritage site after the BotanicGardens is granted the status at the 39th World Heritage Committeemeeting held in Bonn, Germany on July 4.
The 156 year-old site isthe world’s third botanic garden listed as World’s Heritage Site,following the UK’s Kew Botanic Gardens and Italy’s Padua BotanicGardens.
Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that itis a valuable present for Singaporean people, which is concurrent withthe 50th anniversary of the nation’s independence. He affirmed thatthe Botanic Gardens has played a crucial role in the efforts to developthe country into a Garden City.
The inscription comes after fiveyears after a feasible study showed that the 74ha Botanic Gardens is thebest candidate in the nation to receive the title. Singapore submittedthe garden’s nomination to the UNESCO in January 2014.
A technical representative from UNESCO visited the Gardens and saidthat it is an “exceptional example of a British tropical colonialbotanic garden in Southeast Asia”.-VNA
The 156 year-old site isthe world’s third botanic garden listed as World’s Heritage Site,following the UK’s Kew Botanic Gardens and Italy’s Padua BotanicGardens.
Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that itis a valuable present for Singaporean people, which is concurrent withthe 50th anniversary of the nation’s independence. He affirmed thatthe Botanic Gardens has played a crucial role in the efforts to developthe country into a Garden City.
The inscription comes after fiveyears after a feasible study showed that the 74ha Botanic Gardens is thebest candidate in the nation to receive the title. Singapore submittedthe garden’s nomination to the UNESCO in January 2014.
A technical representative from UNESCO visited the Gardens and saidthat it is an “exceptional example of a British tropical colonialbotanic garden in Southeast Asia”.-VNA
