A BRIEF HISTORY OF GREENING IN SINGAPORE 1963 Mr Lee Kuan Yew plants a tree at Holland Circus as start of island-wide campaign Parks and Trees Unit formed underPublic Works Department Post- independence, mangroves at Pandan and Kranji cleared for development 1967 Garden City programme of roadside landscaping launched 1971 The first Tree Planting Day held (November); replaced by Clean and Green Week in 1990 1973 Labrador Beach de-gazetted to be nature park 1974 Parks and Recreation Department formed 1986 Bukit Timah Expressway constructed, cutting through Bukit Timah and Central Catchment Nature Reserve 1989 Sungei Buloh given nature park status after Malayan Nature Society (Singapore) calls on Government to conserve it 1990 Nature Society of Singapore (NSS) publishes its master plan for nature conservation 1990-91 National Parks Board (NParks) established to oversee nature reserves, Singapore Botanic Gardens and Fort Canning Park 1992 Government publishes its first Green Plan; Lower Peirce Reservoir golf-course development put on hold after environmental impact assessment by NSS 1996 Parks and Recreation Department merges with NParks 2001 Labrador Park re-gazetted as nature reserve 2002 Sungei Buloh gazetted as nature reserve 2009 Eco-link between Bukit Timah and Central Catchment reserves over the BKE is announced; Blue Plan by academics and non-government groups is submitted to Government, proposes specific marine areas that have high conservation value 2010 NParks, National University of Singapore and corporate sponsors begin five-year Comprehensive Marine Biodiversity Survey 2012 Gardens by the Bay officially opened 2013 Government publishes its Population White Paper and Land Use Plan laying out plans till 2030 Nature groups raise concerns about environmental impact, particularly of Cross-Island Line Land Transport Authority agrees to postpone its Environmental Impact Assessment report till nature groups have studied the effect of different rail-line alignments
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