Singapore to gazette Padang as a national monument on National Day

Located in the heart of Singapore's civic district, the Padang is a green patch of about 4.3ha. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): The Padang - a site of countless historic events in Singapore's history - will officially be gazetted as the nation's 75th national monument on Tuesday (Aug 9), the 57th anniversary of the Republic's independence.

On Monday, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong said that while the site has no physical structures, its open space is the site of many shared memories as a nation.