"SKETCHED THE BLUEPRINT"
Minister of State for National Development Alvin Tan said Dr Liu’s death marked the loss of "a giant" for Singapore.
“Standing beside him, you couldn't help but feel the weight of history. This is the man who looked at our early struggles and saw the potential for the Singapore we know today,” said Mr Tan on Facebook.
“He sketched the blueprint for our housing and our city centre, driven by a belief that Singaporeans deserved the best living environment possible."
Mr Tan added that despite his achievements as an architect of Singapore’s modern landscape, Dr Liu remained deeply passionate and insightful, and that this humility had “served as an example and inspiration” for him.
MP Nadia Ahmad Samdin, a member of MND’s Government Parliamentary Committee, recounted Dr Liu’s charm and “quiet, refined cadence” during an interview she conducted with him in 2016, when she was a producer.
Former Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo also called Dr Liu a “great man man whose handprints are found all over Singapore, China and beyond", while jazz maestro Jeremy Monteiro remembered how Dr Liu was "always kind" to him and was often at his performances, both concerts and smaller club gigs.
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