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Singapore's PM Lee Hsien Loong opens Indian Heritage Center

Xinhua, May 8, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Indian community has contributed to Singapore "in deep ways," Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said here on Thursday.

During the launch of the Indian Heritage Center which is located at the heart of Little India and blends traditional Indian and modern architectural elements, Lee said that Indians have contributed a lot to Singapore and the four-story center "affirms the importance and vibrancy of the Indian community in Singapore."

The museum, which is the first one dedicated to Indian history, starts with the early interactions between South Asia and Southeast Asia, then goes on to feature the origins and movement of Indians from the 19th century to the 21st century.

Singapore's Minister of Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Home Affairs and Trade and Industry S. Iswaran, also the chair of the center's steering committee, said the museum was also "strongly endorsed" by Singapore's founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.

Iswaran thanked the community for loaning or donating artefacts including family heirlooms.

The Little India center has received a total of 368 artefacts through a collection drive in 2011. More than 200 of these pieces are now on display.

The center cost the National Heritage Board 16 million Singapore dollars to build and another 5 million Singapore dollars to fit out. Endi