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     Environment: Nature Parks

       Bukit Timah Reserve

     Activities: birdwatching, cycling/biking, trekking/nature walks

       Pulau Ubin

     It's Singapore in the 60's with its kampong living, swaying coconut trees, roosters and generators. It occupies 1019 hectares of land.

     Activities: birdwatching, camping, cycling/biking, dining, fishing, kite flying, trekking/nature walks

     Facilities: bicycle kiosks, refreshment kiosks, information kiosks, seasport centre.

     - Pulau Ubin conservation & management plans launched

       Sungei Buroh Nature Park

     It's a bird sanctuary.

       Singapore Botanic Gardens

           1 Cluny Road Singapore 259569

           Opening Hours:  5am - 12 midnight daily  FREE admission

                 National Orchid Garden  Opening hours: 8.30am - 7pm daily

                 Tickets S$2 (adults) & S$1 (children & senior citizens)

           Nature's Niche Shop (at Singapore Botanic Gardens)

     Visit their shop for

     * Natural History Books

     * Magazines

     * Southeast Asia Maps

     * Posters & Postcards

     * Pictures

     * T-Shirts, Scarves, Sarongs, & Hats

     * Cups & Mugs

     * Nature CD Roms

     * Binoculars

     * Jewellery

     * Nature Gift Items

     * Nature Toys

     * Nature Stationery

     * Live Orchids

     They are open daily from 9am - 7.30pm

     Singapore Botanic Gardens  1 Cluny Road Singapore 259569

     Tel: (65) 475 2319  Fax: (65) 475 1597

 

      National Parks Board

 

     NEWS SNIPPETS

     2007

 

Site preparatory works start on Gardens by the Bay
"Marina City Park will close from 1 June 2007 for the Gardens by the Bay’s site preparatory works. Marina South Promenade facing the Marina Channel, the playing fields and waterfront promenade will be closed to the public...
" 'The public can look forward to the Gardens by the Bay when its first phase opens in 2010. Meanwhile, we urge the public to bear with the temporary inconvenience and encourage them to visit other parks in the vicinity for recreation,' said Dr K Ismail Sudderuddin, Assistant Director of Gardens by the Bay..."

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     2005

     - Pulau Ubin conservation & management plans launched

     2002

 

 

  Five birds have been shortlisted by the Nature Society of Singapore's bird group in its hunt to find a national bird for Singapore. They are: crimson sunbird, olive-backed sunbird, greater racket-tailed drongo, black-naped oriole and the white-bellied fish eagle. The quest is part of the society's fourth annual nature day event being held over the weekend and today to showcase its work. (Straits Times 27 May 2002) (H1)

     2001

  Sungei Buloh Nature Park and Labrador Nature Area in Labrador Park are now, by law, protected from development. National Development Minister MAH Bow Tan made public the new additions before he toured Sungei Buloh on Saturday to see the results of a S$1.9 million upgrade of the park's facilities. (Straits Times 12 Nov 2001) (H8)

  Public Utilities Board (PUB) gets new logo and becomes a comprehensive water authority from 1 Apr 2001.

  The 142-year-old Botanic Gardens will undergo a S$35 million redevelopment to make it more visitor-friendly, and build a new research and teaching complex. This was announced by National Development Minister MAH Bow Tan on 23 Mar 2001. The new complex will house the gardens' collection of plants, library, laboratories and School of Horticulture. The gardens' plant collection includes more than 600,000 specimens of tropical plants, and the library boasts archival material dating back to the 16th century. The park was re-opened last night after a S$4 million upgrading to improve the lighting, and build more shelters, toilets, carparks and a fishing pier. The Taman Serasi Food Centre, across the road from the entrance to the Botanic Gardens, will have to make way for redevelopment of the Botanic Gardens. The hawkers will be asked to move out by the end of this year. (Straits Times 24 Mar 2001)

     2000

  Another park has opened in the western part of Singapore after a break of 12 years. Choa Chu Kang Park, developed at a cost of S$2.8 million, is the first to open in the west since Bukit Batok Nature Park opened in 1988. The park has packed within its 5 ha of land a children's playground, an amphitheatre, fitness stations, jogging trails and taiqi corners. It has also retained a small patch of forest and wild orchard left by the early settlers. The park's opening brings the total number of regional parks in the west to nine and, on the whole island, to 43. (Straits Times 12 Nov 2000)