Date Published: 02 Mar 1999 Sunday 7 Nov 99

A Launch ceremony at 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 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 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 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 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, 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