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SINGAPORE WORLD WATER DAY – MARCH ACTIVITIES

Annex 1

No Description Date of Contact Person/ event Organisation Involved

1 Water Rationing Exercise at Bukit View Secondary 2 March Contact School 2016 Nawwar Syahirah/PUB Venue: 16 Street 21, 659633 96670061 Sally Toh/PUB Senior Minister of State for Environment and Water 81004781 Resources Dr will visit the school during the water rationing exercise.

Programme

Time Activity 9.30am Media registration 9.40am Arrival of SMS Amy Khor and Commencement of water rationing exercise 10.30am Media Doorstop

2 World Water Day Opening Ceremony at 5 March Contact River @ Bishan- Park 2016 Lim Siew Wee/PUB (97300823) Guest-of-Honour: Barbara Lim/PUB Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr (98177214) Organisations involved Programme 1) Anderson Time Programme Primary School 2) Anderson 7am “Yoga for Community” by True Yoga Secondary School 7.30am “Community Walk for Water” by Central 3) Central Singapore CDC Singapore CDC 8am Mass Activities by partners 4) Chong Zheng  Zumba for Community by True Yoga Primary School  Kapap (martial art) for Community by 5) Credit Suisse Credit Suisse 6) ITE College Central 9am Arrival of Guest-of-Honour (GOH) 7) Kao Singapore

8) Kuo Chuan 9.05am GOH flags off Peirce Secondary Cross- Country Run Presbyterian Secondary 9.10am GOH joins participants for Water Wally 9) Land Transport formation Authority 10) National Library Opening performance by PCF Sparkletots Board Preschool @ Kebun Baru Blk 180 11) PCF 9.15am Speech by GOH Sparkletots Preschool @

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9.20am Launch of Singapore World Water Day Kebun Baru Blk  Launch of Youth Water Ambassador 180 Badge with The Singapore Scouts 12) Peirce Association Secondary  Launch of Water Conservation Poster School (an initiative by Land Transport Authority(LTA)) 13) PWN  Token of appreciation to partners Technologies 14) Raffles 9.35am Booth activities Institution Race for Water by United Technologies 15) RICOH SG Corporation 16) Walk for Water with LTA Garden

9.40am GOH participates in “Wash on a Full Secondary Load” display by Anderson Secondary School School 17) The Singapore Scouts 9.45am GOH to take a group photo with the Association partners for the pre-school learning trail at 18) Singapore the stepping stone Power

10am GOH to take his leave 19) Sumitomo Chemical Pte 10.15am “Sh’bam for Community” by True Yoga Ltd 20) True Yoga 11.30am End of event 21) United

Technologies Please refer to Annex 2 for map. Corporation Other Initiatives 22) Waterways 1) Land Transport Authority will be putting up water Watch Society conservation posters at 70 of its construction sites. On 5 March 2016, about 200 representatives from its 47 construction companies will attend the launch of the poster at the opening. To show their commitment, they will also join a walk in support of the water cause.

2) ITE College Central and have developed an Active, Beautiful, Clean Waters (ABC Waters) Learning Trail at Kallang River@Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park for pre-schoolers teaching them the importance of keeping our waters clean. Ricoh sponsors the printing of its booklets.

3) Students from the Green Club and St. John Brigade of Anderson Secondary School have constructed a “Wash on a Full Load” art installation using the recycle washing machine boxes. The art installation will house 2,000 pieces of collected clothes from 19 neighbouring HDB blocks around the circumference of the school compound. Throughout this installation, students intend to educate the public on one of the good water saving habits, which is to wash on a full load.

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3 Kayak Clean Up @ Kolam Ayer Waterfront 5 March Contact 2016 Lim Siew Wee/PUB Guest-of-Honour: (97300823) Minister for Communications and Information, Dr Barbara Lim / PUB and Grassroots Adviser for Jalan (98177214) Besar GRC (Kolam Ayer). Kolam Ayer CCC returns to support the Singapore World Organisations involved Water Day by organising a kayaking expedition with the 1) Kolam Ayer CCC Waterways Watch Society. They will clean up a stretch of 2) Waterways Watch the waterway near their adopted site at Kolam Ayer Society Waterfront.

Programme Time Programme

0645 Arrival of Guest-of-Honour (GOH)

0650 Briefing by Waterways Watch Society

0715 Flag off of kayaks and start of litter- picking exercise on the water

0825 End of Kayak Clean Up

Measure the amount of rubbish collected

0900 GOH to take his leave

4 Green Corridor Run 2016 6 March Contact 2016 Lim Siew Wee/PUB Guest-of-Honour: Minister for the Environment and (97300823) Water Resources, Mr MASAGOS Zulkifli Barbara Lim/PUB (98177214) In conjunction with Singapore World Water Day, Groundswell is organising the Green Corridor Run (GCR) Organisation involved on 6 March 2016 to raise awareness on the value of water. 1) Groundswell

For those not participating in the run, they can choose to walk the 10km trail. By carrying a recycled bucket/jerry can of water with them, they can better appreciate the clean water woes faced by the people in developing countries as they need to walk 6km on an average for clean water.

Programme Time Programme

7.30am Arrival of Guest-of-Honour (GOH) and special guests at Rail Station

8.00am Opening address by GOH followed by flag off Wave 1 Senior Minister of State, Dr Amy Khor and PUB CE, Mr Ng Joo Hee will join Wave 1

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8.15am GOH to take his leave (from Tanjong Pagar Rail Station)

8.20am Start of Wave 2

8.40am Start of Wave 3

9.00am Start of Wave 4 (includes Water Challenge)

9.45am Award presentation

10.00am End of award presentation

Added Info 1) GCR is an initiative supported by Nature Society Singapore (NSS) for serious runners and nature lovers to enjoy the Rail Corridor

2) Keppel Land continues to sponsor the Water Challenge category.

3) For every litre of water carried to the end point, a dollar will be donated to Charity: Water, a non-profit organisation that helps to bring clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations through sustainable water projects.

4) About 3,000 students will join ITE’s recycling effort to give new life to old banners from the past World Water Day events. More than 2,000 pouches will be distributed to participants of the Green Corridor Run.

5 Interactive Pop-Out Display on Water Conservation 7 March Contact 2016 Lim Siew Wee/PUB NParks has come on board to support water conservation (97300823) by putting up interactive pop-out display exhibits at the Barbara Lim lawn outside Raffles MRT Station from 7 to 11 March (98177214) 2016. The interactive pop-out display will also be roved to other locations such as the MRT Station and . Organisation involved The National Park A lunchtime activity will take place on the first day of roving Board at selected locations from 12pm till 2pm to encourage Esplanade-Theatres people to champion water conservation as a way of life. on the Bay SMRT

6 Walk-Jog-Conserve @ Lake 12 March Contact 2016 Lim Siew Wee/PUB Guest-of-Honour: Deputy Prime Minister and (97300823) Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Barbara Lim Policies and Grassroots Adviser for Jurong GRC, Mr (98177214)

Taman Jurong Community Sports Club, Integration Champions in Jurong cluster and Yuan Ching Secondary Organisation involved School will jointly organise a Walk-Jog-Conserve for

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residents to bring them closer to water and encourage 1) them to cherish our water space. Community Sports Club After the walk, there will be a clean-up led by PacificLight 2) Integration Power Pte Ltd. Champions in Jurong cluster Programme 3) Yuan Ching Time Programme Secondary School 4) Garden 0830 Opening Address by Guest-of-Honour Primary School (GOH) 5) Lakeside Primary School Flag-off Community Walk-A-Jog with 6) Taman Jurong Community Sports Club and Secondary School 7) River Valley High Yuan Ching Secondary School’s Non- School Competitive Cross-Country Run 8) 0840 GOH to mingle with participants 9) PacificLight Power Pte Ltd 0850 GOH to visit partners’ booths 10) Dredging International Asia 0900 Clean up- by PacificLight Power Pte Ltd Pacific Pte Ltd 11) Buckman Asia 0920 GOH to take his leave Pacific 12) Worley Parsons Pte Ltd 13) Earthlink NTU 14) Engineering Good

7 PCS Drops of Blessings @ 12 March Organisation involved Guest-of-Honour: Dr Amy Khor, Senior Minister of 2016 State, Ministry of the Env and Water Resources & 1) Presbyterian Ministry of Health Community Services (14 pre- Special Guest: Mr Ang Wei Neng, MP for Jurong GRC schools and 3 and Advisor to Jurong Grassroots Organisations elderly cares) and their partners Presbyterian Community Services will be organising an namely: intergenerational event at Jurong Lake to rally their 2) Grace Orchard community to cherish and value our water. This fun event School includes engaging performances by pre-schoolers, water- 3) Andrew & Grace themed carnival game booths and a pledge to save water. Home 4) Presbyterian Programme Eldercare @ Time Programme 5) Friends of 3rd Age

3.45pm Arrival of Guests

4.00pm Welcome by emcee

Stage Performances

4.15pm Arrival of Special Guest MP Ang Wei Neng , Jurong GRC

4.25pm Arrival of GOH

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4.40pm Opening Performance by Grace Orchard School

4.45pm Welcome Address By PCS Chairman

4.50pm Address by GOH

4.55pm Pasting of Water Droplets on stage backdrop by GOH followed by token of appreciation, group photo and tour of the carnival and reception

5.30pm GOH takes her leave

8 Singapore World Water Day Carnival @ Lower 13 March Contact Reservoir 2016 Lim Siew Wee/PUB (97300823) Guest-of-Honour: Grassroots Adviser for Nee Soon Barbara Lim/PUB GRC, Er. Dr. (98177214)

Nee Soon South Constituency Office & Khoo Teck Puat Hospital will jointly organise a 1km walk for 500 residents & staff at Reservoir. During the walk, participants will clean up the area while learning about the natural beauty that surrounds the reservoir at the ABC Organisations involved Waters Learning Trail. 1) Nee Soon South Constituency After the walk, residents will be invited to a carnival. Office 2) Khoo Teck Puat Programme Hospital

Time Programme 4.00pm Arrival of Grassroots Adviser Er. Dr. Lee Bee Wah 4.10pm 7 good water habits workout 4.25pm Clean up-cum-ABC Waters Learning Trail 5.15pm Launch of Singapore World Water Day 5.30pm Fringe activities 6.30pm GOH to take her leave

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9 Singapore World Water Day @ River 13 March Contact 2016 1) Lim Siew Guest-of-Honour: Associate Professor , Wee/PUB MP for GRC (97300823) 2) Barbara Lim Geylang Serai Constituency joins PUB once again to (98177214) commemorate Singapore World Water Day with a Walk for Water and water-centric activities and booths.

About 1,000 residents will join in this walk while doing

clean-up along the way. At the event, Geylang Serai Organisations Involved residents groups will be competing in a Water 1) Geylang Serai Conservation Lamp Post Banners Painting Competition. Constituency Top 3 winning teams will be receiving prizes sponsored by The Tuckshop and hampers from PUB, the national water 2) The Tuckshop agency.

Between 14 February and 7 March 2016, the community can show their support by participating in the Save Water Innovative Ideas Competition to encourage residents to share innovative ideas to conserve water. Top 3 winners stand to win attractive prizes sponsored by The Tuckshop, a communal social space to eat and socialise, located at 403 Guillemard Road.

In addition, for the month of March, The Tuckshop and The Recess will be promoting water awareness at their premises to patrons.

Programme Time Programme

0830 Arrival of GOH

0855 Opening Address

0900 Presentation of appreciation certificate to partners and prizes for the Save Water Innovative Ideas Competition

0905 Flag off and start of walk for “Water with Clean-Up”

0935 Fringe activities

1000 Visit The Tuckshop and The Recess to view water conservation efforts at their premises. 1025 Presentation of prizes for the Water Conservation Lamp Post Banners Painting Competition

1030 GOH to take her leave

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10 Waterway Fiesta 20 March Contact 2016 Lim Siew Wee/PUB Guest-of-Honour: Deputy Prime Minister and (97300823) Coordinating Minister for National Security and Barbara Lim Grassroots Advisor for -Punggol GRC, Mr (98177214)

Various activities on and by the water will take place at Punggol Waterway in celebration of the World Water Day.

Highlights:  Firefly Connections to organise a cycling event for Organisation Involved residents at Punggol 1) Punggol GRC  Singapore Canoe Federation organise canoeing 2) Singapore Canoe activities for public participation Federation  Brisk walkers from Briskwalk Interest Group 3) Waterways Watch organise and participate in a community walk Society  Mass Qigong Exercise organised by Punggol 4) Firefly Qigong Interest Group Connections  Zumba and K-pop fitness organised by Punggol 5) Waterway Point Fitness Interest Group 6) System on Silicon Manufacturing Programme Company Time Programme 7) National Youth 0700 Flag-off cycling activity with residents Council 8) GE Aviation 0730 Flag-off brisk walkers from Punggol West, Punggol North and Punggol Coast, Jerry Can Challenge for NYC Kayakers prepares for expedition

0800 Arrival of Guest-of-Honour

0830 Launch of Singapore World Water Day Guest-of-Honour flags off Kayak expedition 0855 Guest-of-Honour delivers World Water Day message 0900 Booth activities 0915 Guest-of-Honour takes his leave 0930 Zumba and K-Pop Fitness

11 Pasir Ris Secondary School Cross-Country 24 March Contact Championship 2016 2016 Lim Siew Wee/PUB (97300823) Barbara Lim/PUB 1,300 students from Pasir Ris Secondary School will be (98177214) running at MacRichie Reservoir. The students will be

sharing water conservation messages using placards.

Organisation Involved 1) Pasir Ris Secondary School

12 Community Carnival @ Reservoir 26 March Contact 2016 Lim Siew Wee/PUB To encourage the community to conserve, value and enjoy (97300823) our water, a variety of activities will be held at Bedok Barbara Lim/PUB Reservoir. (98177214)

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 An educational carnival for pre-schoolers, Pre-school Organisations Involved market, a social enterprise, will put together activities 1) Rapala VMC with other preschool centres to set up art displays, Singapore Pte Ltd game booths and workshops. Through the various 2) Freshwater and educational activities, community will learn the Invasion Biology importance of water conservation and ways to keep Lab, Department our waters clean. of Biological Science, NUS 3) Lee Kong Chian  Exhibition set up to educate anglers about responsible Natural History fishing, as well as fishing workshops for the Museum, NUS community. 4) Lure Haven 5) My Fishing Frenzy Academy 6) – Punggol Constituency 7) NTU Angling club 8) Singapore Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (SWWF) 9) Preschools Market 10) Association of Early Childhood Educators

13 Watermark Award Ceremony and Singapore World 31 March Contact Water Day Appreciation Dinner 2016 1) Lim Siew Wee/PUB (97300823) Guest-of-Honour: Minister for the Environment and 2) Barbara Lim Water Resources, Mr MASAGOS Zulkifli (98177214)

Singapore’s World Water Day will conclude with the Watermark Award ceremony. A separate media briefing will be conducted at a later date before the award presentation.

14 Leads Story-Telling Workshops March 2016 Contact on Water Conservation Lim Siew Wee/PUB (97300823) Library at Woodlands, , , Barbara Lim/PUB , , , Serangoon, Ang (98177214) Mo Kio, , , Marine Parade, , Bedok, Pasir Ris, Clementi, Jurong Regional, Bukit Organisation Involved Panjang, Bishan and Central are conducting story-telling National Library Board workshops featuring PUB’s A Water Wally Adventure: The Surprise Visitor.

Launched on 12 March 2015, this publication was a collaboration between PUB, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), National Library Board and Mandarin Oriental, Singapore.

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Library Date/Time of Programme CCKPL 4 March/7.30-8pm JWPL 29 March/7.30-8pm BMPL 11 March/7.30-8.00pm CMPL 17 March/3pm-3.30pm JRL 19 March/12.30pm 20 March/12.30pm BPPL 18 March/3pm 18 March/7.30pm TPPL 26 March/11am – 11.30am SRPL 30 March /3.30pm – 4pm AMPL 16 March/ 3-4pm YIPL 15 March/ 3-4pm BIPL 3 March/3.30 pm – 4.20pm CSPL 16 March/3.30pm– 4.20pm MPPL 9 & 23 March/7.30pm GEPL 16 March 19 March WRL 18 March/7.30-8.00pm SBPL 16 March/3 -4pm BEPL 19 March, 3-3.30pm PRPL 4 March/7-7.30pm

15 Water Conservation On the Move March 2016 Contact Lim Siew Wee/PUB Land Transport Authority, SBS Transit Limited and SMRT (97300823) join the nation-wide efforts to encourage commuters to Barbara Lim/PUB conserve water. All three agencies sponsors spaces on (98177214) their platforms to spread the word on water conservation during Singapore World Water Day. Organisations Involved Land Transport  LTA sponsors cabin space to carry thematic water Authority messages that connects to commuters’ travelling SBS Transit experience SMRT  SBS Transit Limited sponsors media space on 200 Fairprice Xpress buses and 17 bus interchanges Cheers  SMRT provides platforms for sharing of water messages in their train stations’ washrooms, interactive display at a selected station and to their tenants island-wide

In addition, members of the community can collect them at any of the 40 FairPrice Xpress or Cheers stores in Esso service stations island-wide, while stocks last.

Please refer to Annex 3 for list of participating outlets.

16 Kao Singapore Supports Water Conservation Contact Lim Siew Wee/PUB To support water conservation, Kao is displaying wobblers (97300823) on their product shelves at NTUC Fairprice, Cold Storage Barbara Lim/PUB and petrol stations (about 100 display pointss), from the (98177214) last week of February till 12 April 2016. Only for FairPrice stores, they will be partnering with Mercy Relief to donate Organisation Involved 30 cents to Mercy Relief for every bottle of Attack Quick Kao Singapore Clean sold. Donations will help to fund safe water and sanitation projects in Asia.

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17 Water Rationing Exercise at Elias Park Primary School 22 Mar 2016 Contact Venue: 11 Pasir Ris Street 52, Singapore 518866 1) Lim Siew Wee/PUB Elias Park Primary School will be holding a water rationing (97300823) exercise, to be held from 10am to 12 noon. 2) Quek Ai Choo/PUB (93692729)

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Annex 2

Event layout at Kallang River @ Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park

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Annex 3

Participating FairPrice Xpress or Cheers stores in Esso service stations:

SERVICE STATIONS ADDRESS POSTAL CODE

NTUC FairPrice - Bedok North (FP Xpress) 99 Bedok North Road 469677

NTUC FairPrice - Bedok South (FP Xpress) 799 Bedok South Avenue 1 469335

NTUC FairPrice - (Cheers) 649 Changi Road 419946

NTUC FairPrice - East Coast (FP Xpress) 239 / 255 East Coast Road 428932

NTUC FairPrice - Geylang Lor. 38 (Cheers) 638 Lor 38 389569

NTUC FairPrice - Jalan Bukit Merah 2991 Jln Bukit Merah 159458 (Cheers)

NTUC FairPrice - Mountbatten (FP Xpress) 708 Mountbatten Road 437733

NTUC FairPrice - Pasir Ris (FP Xpress) 61 Pasir Ris Drive 1 519525

NTUC FairPrice - Seng Kang (FP Xpress) 211 Punggol Road 546673

NTUC FairPrice - Ave 7 (FP 9 Tampines Avenue 7 529619 Xpress)

NTUC FairPrice - Tampines Ave 9 (Cheers) 40 Tampines Avenue 9 529568

NTUC FairPrice - Upper Changi North B (FP 955 Upper Changi Road 507662 Xpress) North

NTUC FairPrice - Upper East Coast 251 Upper East Coast Road 466404 (Cheers)

NTUC FairPrice - A (Cheers) 630 Aljunied Road 389839

NTUC FairPrice - Ang Mo Kio Ave 3 (FP 3551 Ang Mo Kio Ave 3 569927 Xpress)

NTUC FairPrice - Ang Mo Kio Ave 8 (FP 2225 Ang Mo Kio, Avenue 8 569810 Xpress)

NTUC FairPrice - Jervois (FP Xpress) 1 Jervois Road 248992

NTUC FairPrice - Jurong West (Cheers) 10 Jurong West Ave 1 649517

NTUC FairPrice - (FP 384 Lorong Chuan 556810 Xpress)

NTUC FairPrice - Macpherson (FP Xpress) 110 / 114 Macpherson Road 348501

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NTUC FairPrice - Toa Payoh Lorong 2 (FP 399 Toa Payoh Lorong 2 319640 Xpress)

NTUC FairPrice - Upper Aljunied (Cheers) 373 Upper Aljunied Road 367859

NTUC FairPrice - Upper A (FP 213 Upper 588183 Xpress)

NTUC FairPrice - Upper 1027 Upper Serangoon Road 534765 Serangoon (Cheers)

NTUC FairPrice - (Cheers) 594 Upper Thomson Road 574420

NTUC FairPrice - A (Cheers) 160 Yio Chu Kang Road 545614

NTUC FairPrice - Bukit Batok (FP Xpress) 813 Bukit Batok West Avenue 659084 5

NTUC FairPrice - Bukit Timah (Cheers) 751 Bukit Timah Road 269757

NTUC FairPrice - Choa Chu Kang Ave 3 50 Choa Chu Kang Ave 3 689858 (FP Xpress)

NTUC FairPrice - Choa Chu Kang Way (FP 31 Choa Chu Kang Way 688786 Xpress)

NTUC FairPrice - Dunearn (Cheers) 650 Dunearn Road 289630

NTUC FairPrice - Holland (Cheers) 174 Holland Road 278582

NTUC FairPrice - Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim (FP 302 Jln Ahmad Ibrahim 619594 Xpress)

NTUC FairPrice - (FP Xpress) 150 Jurong East Avenue 1 609787

NTUC FairPrice - M-D Petroleum (Cheers) 50 Choa Chu Kang Drive 689716

NTUC FairPrice - Pioneer (Cheers) 19 Pioneer Road 628499

NTUC FairPrice - West Coast (FP Xpress) 181 West Coast Road 127373

NTUC FairPrice - Woodlands Ave 1 (FP 50 Woodlands Avenue 1 739066 Xpress)

NTUC FairPrice - Yarwood (Cheers) 870 Dunearn Road 589471

NTUC FairPrice - Yishun (FP Xpress) 10 Yishun Avenue 9 768888

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