the laptop

Apart from notes and relevant readings collected, all groups are advised to bring along a laptop with easy wireless access. It will be a great aid during consultations during this cycle of pw.

Thank you.

further signs and directions

Directions to Sungei Buloh are as follows-

http://www.sbwr.org.sg/visitorinfo/gettingthere/drivingdirections/
Mondays to Saturdays
Board SMRT Bus 925 from Kranji MRT Station.
Alight at Kranji ReservoirCarpark for 15-min walk to the Reserve.

Sundays and Public Holidays
SMRT Bus 925 stops at Reserve's entrance.Kranji ExpressKranji Express operates daily starting from 9am and ending at 5pm fromKranji MRT Station
Yesterday's edition of the Straits Times (30 May) has a significant feature on coral reefs under threat as well as race relations, topics which are pertinent to groups dealing with the 2 themes.

Guided Walk to Sungei Buloh by Raffles Academy

One of our teachers from Raffles Academy , Dr Adrian Loo, will be conducting a guided tour of the mangrove swamps at Sungei Buloh for his Biology students. He has kindly agreed to take on PW students if you are interested. You may wish to folow up on your own to better understand conservation strategies. The trip can also be counted as part of your primary data gathering process.

Details as follows:

Date: 2 June (Tue)Time: 1.30 to 5.00 p.m.
Venue: Meet at the Admissions/Payment Office at
Sungei Buloh One more thing - students may like to visit the Raffles Science Institute website at http://rafflesscience.wordpress.com/ for more information/links on conservation. Thank you

Conservation: Resources at URA Building

Singapore City Gallery set up inside URA. The whole level 1 is l an exhibition hall, showing visitors what Singapore has done in her conservation efforts and her future plans in the Master Plan and Concept Plan. There are interactive videos, display boards, 3D model of Singapore and the areas gazetted for conservation etc. Thismay be pertinent to groups working on labrador park, lim chu kang, little india, clarke quay, etc... There's information on the existing conservation efforts (e.g Clarke Quay) and the strategy employed to conserve them. Lessons learnt could be inferred from these displays. There are also future plans for conservation (e.g. Lim Chu Kang is slated to be Singapore's agri-tainment centre) which students can see if they could use them as a springboard for more innovative ideas in their own plan. Additionally, there's also information on plans for the various districts in Singapore. E.g. the west district is going to be a business district. Students dealing with Haw Par Villa for example, may wish to come up with a logical hypothesis of who might make up this threshold population in the west (e.g. expatriates?) and use that to carve out a niche area in Haw Par Villa. This hinges on your lessons learnt and strategies. A good source to generate feasible and interesting ideas. Possible website to check out: http://www.ura.gov.sg/gallery/