Committee of Supply 2024 debate, Day 7: Low Yen Ling on bringing Singapore’s arts and heritage to the next bound of growth
Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth Low Yen Ling said the arts and heritage serve as powerful ways to connect Singaporeans of different backgrounds. In Parliament on Thursday (Mar 7), she spoke on areas to bring arts and heritage to the next bound of growth. These are opening up more diverse touchpoints to widen Singaporeans' access to arts and heritage, supporting the development of practitioners and boosting their artistic excellence, and building a more robust arts and heritage ecosystem to bring the sector to greater heights. She said her ministry will also look at making more significant investments in bringing arts to the community. Further support for arts groups, for example, by building new capabilities through technology, will also be carried out. Ms Low said the National Arts Council (NAC), the Agency for Integrated Care and SingHealth will develop a framework and resources to guide the design of programmes that promote the arts for health and wellness. The framework will be developed by 2027. The ministry is also actively engaging youths in plans for promoting and safeguarding Singapore’s heritage. The National Heritage Board (NHB) involved 35 young people on its panel to develop the inaugural Youth Heritage Blueprint. NAC will also further expand the diversity of arts spaces here. On creating more touchpoints for the arts, NAC will continue to collaborate with public and private sector partners, to unlock and develop arts spaces across Singapore. These include the use of new and also refurbished spaces. Ms Low gave the example of 45 Armenian Street. NAC has been working with the arts community and stakeholders to co-create a vision for re-developing this space. It is being developed as a hub for artistic experimentation and to support the work of young and emerging practitioners. Besides having greater access to the arts in a variety of spaces, Singaporeans are also gaining a deeper appreciation of the country’s heritage assets. Ms Low said NHB will be launching heritage nodes in various neighbourhoods islandwide. The first will be introduced in Katong-Joo Chiat next month.
Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth Low Yen Ling said the arts and heritage serve as powerful ways to connect Singaporeans of different backgrounds. In Parliament on Thursday (Mar 7), she spoke on areas to bring arts and heritage to the next bound of growth. These are opening up more diverse touchpoints to widen Singaporeans' access to arts and heritage, supporting the development of practitioners and boosting their artistic excellence, and building a more robust arts and heritage ecosystem to bring the sector to greater heights. She said her ministry will also look at making more significant investments in bringing arts to the community. Further support for arts groups, for example, by building new capabilities through technology, will also be carried out. Ms Low said the National Arts Council (NAC), the Agency for Integrated Care and SingHealth will develop a framework and resources to guide the design of programmes that promote the arts for health and wellness. The framework will be developed by 2027. The ministry is also actively engaging youths in plans for promoting and safeguarding Singapore’s heritage. The National Heritage Board (NHB) involved 35 young people on its panel to develop the inaugural Youth Heritage Blueprint. NAC will also further expand the diversity of arts spaces here. On creating more touchpoints for the arts, NAC will continue to collaborate with public and private sector partners, to unlock and develop arts spaces across Singapore. These include the use of new and also refurbished spaces. Ms Low gave the example of 45 Armenian Street. NAC has been working with the arts community and stakeholders to co-create a vision for re-developing this space. It is being developed as a hub for artistic experimentation and to support the work of young and emerging practitioners. Besides having greater access to the arts in a variety of spaces, Singaporeans are also gaining a deeper appreciation of the country’s heritage assets. Ms Low said NHB will be launching heritage nodes in various neighbourhoods islandwide. The first will be introduced in Katong-Joo Chiat next month.
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