Category Archives: NPARKS

The number of fallen trees – possibly over a hundred – must have been a record on 30 Jan. According to a CNA report, a tipper truck driver “saw at least four fallen trees on his Seletar journey”.  A taxi passenger … Continue reading →

Due to severe weather patterns, LKY’s ‘garden in a city’ is turning into a nightmare. Yesterday, another NParks tree killed a 5-year old boy after falling on him. ​In the past few years, there have been a few fatalities and … Continue reading →

It has been more than 5 decades since the birth of Lee Kuan Yew’s “city in a garden”. Trees have now matured and the weather isn’t getting any friendlier. Due to billions of cubic metres of concrete having been poured … Continue reading →

Dear NParks CEO I refer to “Inspection of trees in Singapore in line with global standards: NParks”. link NParks can claim anything it wants as they are not verifiable anyway. SOPs always look impressive on paper but the reality is … Continue reading →

Decades ago, Lee Kuan Yew had a vision of a garden in a city. And so our civil servants started planting trees in every corner of Singapore as if there was no tomorrow. Till today, even though he’s been dead … Continue reading →

According to official history, Lee Kuan Yew had envisioned the transformation of Singapore into a “garden city”. Since 1967, the government has spent billions of tax dollars to create an artificial environment to realise the vision of one man. Civil … Continue reading →

The incident at Hong Lim Park on 27 September was preventable and the error was unmistakably NParks’. One should also take WP’s Bernard Chen’s comments on the “heckled” allegation with a lorry load of salt. It is not only irresponsible … Continue reading →

A woman was seriously injured when a 4-metre long branch fell from a 10-storey tall tree on 23 May along Bendemeer Road. She was reportedly pregnant and was warded at the Tan Tock Seng ICU. The tree belongs to JTC. … Continue reading →

Singapore’s ‘garden city’ is an artificial construct ill-suited to a dramatically changing weather pattern which has been wreaking havoc in every country. With more than a million trees, the different agencies do not have the resources to tackle the challenges … Continue reading →