Challenges Singapore faced in preserving our heritage.

1) Rapid economic growth. In order to facilitate economic growth, many heritage sites are being demolished and closed down due to the lack of land space in Singapore. Especially because of this lack of land space, the development of economy boosting industries require the tearing down and redevelopment of some older areas that are not as efficient in land use. However, these are not mutually exclusive priorities. In order to preserve heritage, gazetting monuments is a method of preventing heritage sites from being destroyed or taken down due to development. Also, land reclamation also allows the heritage sites to be preserved while developing economically.

2) Traditional minded people. These usually form the grassroots of a society. These people are very traditional and do not want much changes happening. They believe that living peacefully is the key. Therefore, if development is planned near an area populated by these people, there might be many complaints and the grassroots community will not be happy.

3) Ownership of land/property. Some land owners might not want keep their properties as heritage sites as some big companies might have offered a high amount of money to buy the land or property for development.