Singapore's government plans to gazette the 38 Oxley Road site - the family home of Singapore's founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew - as a national monument. It added that it will balance the need to preserve a location of historic significance with respect for Mr Lee Kuan Yew's wishes for privacy. And it will do so by removing all traces of his family's private living spaces from the buildings. #sgnews #singapore | CNA

Every life that Singapore can save, every livelihood that Singapore can elevate, is still a worthwhile exercise even though Singapore is a tiny city state and nothing we say or do will alter the history, foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan said to Singapore media during a media wrap-up at the end of his working visit to Palestine and Israel. | Mothership

Concluding his speech in Parliament on Nov. 6, Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth David Neo said that the Singapore government's approach to acquire the site of 38 Oxley Road is "most responsible". He mentioned that 38 Oxley Road is a "unique and foundational part of the story of Singapore's independence", with the Preservation of Sites and Monuments Advisory Board having assessed it to have "strong national significance worthy of preservation as a National Monument". | Mothership

Some Singaporeans may wonder if new citizens are loyal to Singapore since they were not born in the country. CNA Insider's Being Singaporean spoke with some new citizens to get their thoughts on this. #singapore #singaporean #cnainsider #beingsingaporean | CNA

Echoing points raised by MP Liang Eng Hwa and NCMP Eileen Chong, who noted that the S$335 million Founders’ Memorial is already intended to encapsulate and honour Singapore’s founding values and nation-building journey, MP Christopher de Souza asked Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth David Neo for a deeper explanation for gazetting the 38 Oxley Road site. Speaking in Parliament on Nov. 6, de Souza added that he hopes any decision made by the Government will be done "sensitively and