from The Straits Times
Parts of Changi Prison to be preserved
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This partial reversal of an earlier decision to demolish the entire old Changi Prison complex is surely a piece of encouraging news. However, it does raise the question of how much can be construed (or misconstrued) from a fragment of the whole? Perhaps, only time will tell.
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lawrence @ 8:17AM | March 9th 2004|
ReplyDeleteAn earlier article by Kevin Blackburn (published in 2000) on the issues surrounding the creation of the then new Changi Prison Museum. This would serve as a useful sounding board for any proposals regarding the integration and use of the to-be-preserved sections of the original Changi Prison site.
"Commemorating and commodifying the prisoner of war experience in south-east Asia: The creation of Changi Prison Museum" (Journal of the Australian War Memorial)
http://www.awm.gov.au/journal/j33/blackburn.htm