02 Mar 1999 Sunday 7 Nov 99 • Launch Ceremony at Marina City
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Date Published: 02 Mar 1999 Sunday 7 Nov 99 Launch ceremony at Marina City Park organised by ENV and NParks. The ceremony will include presentation of prizes to winners of the Green Leaf Award and the Island-wide Cleanest Precinct Competition for the RC zone and food centre categories. 2000 trees will be planted by 37 constituency advisors and some 3000 constituents at the Marina Bay and Marina South coastlines after the launch ceremony. Guest-of-Honour: Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. Contact person: Mr Tan Eng Sang Chairman Launch Sub-Committee ENV Tel: 7319680 Fax: 7319725 Plant-a-thon at Marina City Park organised by SEC and Esso, featuring talks and workshops on plants, a "Plants For Clean Air" exhibition, a plant clinic, a plant adoption scheme and a plant sale. Contact person: Mrs Penelope Phoon-Cohen Executive Director SEC Tel: 3376062 Fax: 3376035 Greenathon VIII ? Recycling of cans at Marine Parade organised by the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) and supported by SEC. Contact person: Ms Zainab Abdul Latif Executive AMP Tel: 3460911 Fax: 3460922 Monday 8 Nov 99 Clean and Green Week Carnival 99 at Ubi Ave 1 organised by Marine Parade Town Council. Contact person: Ms Grace Wong Public Relations Executive Marine Parade Town Council Tel: 2416012 ext 17 Fax: 4440919 9.30 am Launch of Adoption of Kampong Java Park by KK Women's and Children's Hospital Guest-of-Honour: Dr John Chen, Minister of State for National Development and for Communications and Information Technology Contact person: Ms Terri Oh Public Affairs Manager National Parks Board Tel: 471 7814 Fax: 474 7074 4.30 pm Launch of Adoption of Bedok Reservoir Park by Changi General Hospital Guest-of-Honour: Mr David Lim, Minister of State for Defence and for Information and the Arts, and MP for Aljunied GRC Contact person: Ms Terri Oh Public Affairs Manager National Parks Board Tel: 471 7814 Fax: 474 7074 Wednesday 10 Nov 99 "Green 21" at the Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre, an event for all educational institutions jointly organised by ENV, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) and National Youth Achievement Award Council (NYAAC). The event includes the launch of an environmental CD-ROM for primary schools, the presentation of prizes to winners of the "Going Green ? A Decade Past, A Millennium Ahead" competition, an environment exhibition, quiz and games (10 ? 12 Nov 99). Contact person: Ms Lee Woei Meei Chairman Schools Sub-Committee ENV Tel: 7319791 Fax: 2356913 "Clean the Beach" at Changi Beach organised by Le Meridien Changi ? Singapore. Contact person: Ms Grace Wu Communications Manager Le Meridien Changi Tel: 5488186 Fax: 5425295 6 pm Launch of Adoption of Telok Blangah Hill Park by Blangah Rise Primary School, St Thomas Secondary School and Telok Blangah CC. Guest-of-Honour: Mr Lim Hng Kiang, Minister for Health and Second Minister for Finance, and MP for West Coast GRC Contact person: Ms Terri Oh Public Affairs Manager National Parks Board Tel: 471 7814 Fax: 474 7074 Thursday 11 Nov 99 "Greening Your Home" at Kerbau Road/Belilous Lane organised by the Singapore Tamil Youths? Club. Contact person: Mr Balathandautham.TAM Singapore Tamil Youths? Club Tel: 96813631 Fax: 2342941 Friday 12 Nov 99 Launch of "Adventures With Captain Green", a Children?s Environmental Education Activity Book in conjunction with the event "Afternoon At The Carnival" at the Singapore Children?s Society Convalescent Home organised by ENV and DBS Land. Contact person: Ms Low Su Lin Public Affairs Officer DBS Land Tel: 2396733 Fax: 5336133 Launch of the NParks National Education Programme at Lower Pierce organised by NParks and supported by SEC. Contact Person: Mrs Jennifer Ng Asst Director Public Affairs Branch NParks Tel: 4717811 Fax: 4723033 "Don?t Bag Organic Waste ? Compost It" Waste Recycling Competition for secondary schools at the Atrium, Ngee Ann Polytechnic organised by the Campus Green Team, Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Contact person: Mrs L P Tam Chairperson Campus Green Team Ngee Ann Polytechnic Tel: 4606649 Fax: 4667326 Saturday 13 Nov 1999 11 am Launch of Adoption of Mandai Forest by NIE-NTU. Guest-of-Honour: Assoc. Prof. Koo Tsai Kee, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for National Development Contact person: Ms Terri Oh Public Affairs Manager National Parks Board Tel: 471 7814 Fax: 474 7074 Clean-up at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve organised by Sony Group of Companies and Aiwa Singapore. Contact person: Mr Chan Pheng Hwa Senior Engineer Sony Display Device (S) Pte Ltd Tel: 8646561 Fax: 8618155 Launch of a Personal Computer (PC) Recycling Scheme by the National Computer Board (NCB) at the headquarters of The Singapore Scout Association. Contact person: Ms Frances Neo Marketing Programme Executive NCB Tel: 7720464 Fax: 7770120 Sunday 14 Nov 99 Children?s Art Competition-Cum-Clean & Green Exhibition on the environment at Punggol South Park organised by Punggol South Zones `1? and `2? RCs. Contact person: Mr Chang Ee Boo Chairman Environmental Public Health Education Organising Committee Punggol South Zone 2 Cheng San GRC Tel: 7319255 Fax: 7384036 Earth Fest 99 at Singapore Botanic Gardens organised by SEC. Contact person: Mrs Penelope Phoon-Cohen Executive Director SEC Tel: 3376062 Fax: 3376035 Activities for Nov 99 Launch of the Adopt-A-Park Programme organised by NParks and various educational institutions, grassroots and other organisations (8-13 Nov 99). Contact person: Mr Chuah Hock Seong Principal Parks Manager Parks Management West Branch NParks Tel: 3916701 Fax: 2929560 Guided constituency tours to significant areas of greenery and landmark trees organised by NParks (8-13 Nov 99). Contact person: Mr Simon Longman Director Parks Management North/East Division NParks Tel: 3916853 Fax: 2929560 Guided tours to the Nature Reserves, Pulau Ubin and Sungei Buloh Nature Park organised by NParks and SEC (8-13 Nov 99). Contact person: Mrs Jennifer Ng Asst Director Public Affairs Branch NParks Tel: 4717811 Fax: 4723033 Roving Photo Exhibition "Our Environment: The Past, Present and Future" organised by ENV (7-28 Nov 99). This exhibition showcases photographs of the environment in the past, what the government has done to achieve the clean and green environment we have today, and ENV?s future plans for environmental protection in Singapore. It will be held at major shopping malls. A contest is also organised in conjunction with the exhibition. Contact person: Mr Tan Shyh Hou Chairman Special Project Sub-Committee (Roving Photo Exhibition and Contest) ENV Tel: 7319117 Fax: 7319749 GreenLabel contest at all NTUC Fairprice supermarkets organised by ENV, NTUC Fairprice and SEC. Contact person: Mr Isaac Kwok Chairman Special Project Sub-Committee (Mass Participation Contests) ENV Tel: 7319176 Fax: 7319456 Shoppers Recycling Campaign organised by City Developments Limited at Lot 1 and Chinatown Point (6 ? 30 Nov 99). Contact person: Ms Patrina Chan Senior Officer City Developments Limited Tel: 4380880 Fax: 4380800 Open house at the incineration plants and the sewage treatment works organised by ENV (1-30 Nov 99). Contact person: Mr Wong Chak Huat Chairman Community Sub-Committee ENV Tel: 4609041 Fax: 4681887.