Towards A Zero-Impact Cross Island Line
By JUDY GOH, National University of Singapore student, major in Environmental Studies, member of BES Drongos Feb 26, 2016 Recently, I’ve seen Facebook posts about the Cross Island Line from those outside of my usual echo chamber of environmentally-conscious,...
Engaging with stakeholders the way forward
By DR SHAWN LUM, President, Nature Society (Singapore) PUBLISHED in The Straits Times, FEB 26, 2016, 5:00 AM SGT Mr Robin Lim Jit Piow feels that we should make balanced and informed decisions, which may be jeopardised by interest groups advocating extreme views...
Tree Species in the Central Catchment Nature Reserve
Letter by MR WONG YEW KWAN First commissioner of Parks and Recreation (1974 to 1982) 26 Feb 2016 Over the past couple of weeks, because of the worry of many people that the proposed cross-island MRT line might be built under the MacRitchie jungles, and might therefore...
Putting the right value to our forest
By DR GEH MIN, Immediate Past President, Nature Society (Singapore), 25 Feb 2016 2015 saw many momentous milestones for Singapore . Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s death and SG50 compelled many of us to think and discuss seriously what we value as a nation and how we see our shared...
An Open Letter: The Significance of MacRitchie
BY TEO MIN RU,·24 Feb 2016 Dear MPs of Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, I am Min Ru, a resident of Bishan East ward. I am writing in to you regarding an issue very close to my heart as a Bishan resident — the proposed development of the Cross Island Line through the Central...
