ICOMOS-NMS World Heritage Day Symposium
“Heritage in Singapore – Saving History to Build a Nation”

Saturday 18 April 2015

ABOUT

In November 1983, the UNESCO General Conference adopted a resolution commending all Member States to declare the 18th April of each year as ‘International Monuments and Sites Day’. This year marks the 50th anniversary of both Singapore and the International Commission on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS). In celebration of this dual golden anniversary, ICOMOS Singapore joins the National Heritage Board in celebrating World Heritage Day with a symposium on various aspects of Singapore’s heritage and activities to safeguard this precious heritage. The symposium will be held at the National Museum of Singapore (NMS).

PROGRAMME

0830-0900hrs

Registration

0900-0905hrs

Welcome

Iskandar Mydin,
Deputy Director National Museum of Singapore NHB

0905-0915hrs

Opening Remarks

Kevin YL Tan, President ICOMOS Singapore

Panel One

0920hrs

Fighting For and About Heritage: State-Society Engagements

Kevin YL Tan, ICOMOS Singapore; NUS

0940hrs

Identity & Belonging: Heritage Research & Documentation Initiatives

Yeo Kirk Siang, Impact Assessment & Mitigation Division NHB

1000hrs

Why Do We Conserve?

Kelvin Ang, Conservation Management and Urban Redevelopment, URA

1020-1035hrs

Discussion

Panel Two

1040hrs

Singapore’s Archaeological Heritage: 30 Years of Digging the Past

Lim Chen Sian, ICOMOS Singapore; ISEAS

1100hrs

Documenting Chinese Cemeteries of Singapore

Hui Yew-Foong, ISEAS; Hong Kong Shue Yan University

1120-1135hrs

Discussion

1135-1200hrs

Tea/Coffee Break

Panel Three

1200hrs

Conservation of Chinese Temples in Singapore: A Historical Overview

Yeo Kang Shua, ICOMOS Singapore; SUTD

1220hrs

History and materiality: a research-intensive approach to conservation of Singapore’s colonial built heritage

Ho Weng Hin, ICOMOS Singapore; Studio Lapis

1240hrs

Investigative Techniques for Restoration of Historic Buildings

Wong Chung Wan, ICOMOS Singapore; MAEK Consulting Pte Ltd

1300-1315hrs

Discussion

Conclusion

1315-1330hrs

Closing Remarks

Johannes Widodo, Director ICOMOS Singapore; NUS