Date Published: 02 Mar 1999 Sunday 7 Nov 99
A 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