New Poster by Timothy Chua

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Thanks to Timothy for creating this poster. Please feel free to use it on your blogs, FB page etc.

Rail, not roads, the way of the future in Singapore: Budget 2012

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In his recent Budget Speech for 2012, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam stressed that the future of Singapore’s transport system lay with the public rail system. This suggests road-building over Bukit Brown may be a stop-gap solution … Continue reading →

Singapore Heritage Society Releases Position Paper on Bukit Brown Cemetery

The Singapore Heritage Society makes a great case for preserving Bukit Brown in its entirety. Read the position paper here.

SOS Bukit Brown response to Minister of State’s Note on ‘Bukit Brown… work in Progress’

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In response to Minister of State, Mr. Tan Chuan-Jin’s note posted on Friday, 3 February 2012 at 17:42. SOS Bukit Brown stand by the position of our petition and we reiterate the need for a fundamental review and open dialogue about … Continue reading →

Bukit Brown and Singapore’s Flooding Situation – Possible Linkages

The recently released “Report on Key Conclusions and Recommendations of the Expert Panel on Drainage Design and Flood Protection Measures” notes that Bukit Brown is within the Marine Basin drainage area. This puts it upslope to the flood-prone Bukit Timah and Orchard areas. The Report also attributes part of Singapore’s recent issues with flooding to urbanisation. To date, there appears to be no public information about studies examining how developing Bukit Brown might affect flooding. This data needs to be in the public domain.

For the full report mentioned above, see the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources

Drainage in Singapore

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