Journalist Visit Programme – Sustainable Waste & Water Management

17 journalists and editors. 12 countries. One island. A Singapore Model.

This is the Journalist Visit Programme for the participants for the UNEP Media Workshop. On 24 April 2008, the participants were gathered at Pasir Panjang Ferry Terminal for a trip to our landfill, Pulau Semakau.

After a short tea reception upon arrival at the island, they were introduced to Singapore’s strategy for managing waste by Mr Ong Chong Peng, GM Semakau Landfill.

The programme was then followed by a presentation on the biodiversity of Semakau Landfill by our Museum Director, Professor Peter Ng – who did a wonderful job of highlighting his favourite animal of course! Crabs were everywhere on his slides!!

After the presentations and short Q&A, the participants were given a landfill tour and they continued to be amazed by the island and questions continued poured out to Prof Ng and NEA staff. Despite the relentless rain, the event was not compromised at all, and everyone was in high spirits, continuing the discussion even on the way back to the mainland.

This Singapore Model is indeed making an international splash.

Science Teachers’ Association (Singapore) Day

19 April 2008 was Science Teachers’ Association (Singapore) Day. A series of presentations and workshops were conducted at Science Centre for the event, and RMBR was invited to conduct a workshop for the event. The theme of the event is “Our Environment, A Sustainable Future”.

The programme started off with introduction to a small, but excited and engaging crowd by Mrs Catherine Seah, Chairman, STAS. Dr. Lim Tit Meng (Above in picture), Asst Chief Executive, Science Centre, then continued with a welcome speech. Mr Howard Shaw, Executive Director of the Singapore Environment Council followed with a keynote address on ‘The Global Environmental Challenge & The Key Role of Educators’. After the tea reception, the workshops and presentation then started.

Armed with plenty of specimens, our Education Officer, Ms Wang Luan Keng, put together a workshop which introduces to the participants the wonderful biodiversity of Singapore. They were given notes and followed through several stations with experienced guides showing them the different fauna. At the end of the workshop, they were also challenged to a quiz station to test their understanding.

Overall, the event was a success. The participants enjoyed themselves and the workshop received very positive feedback. The workshop indeed served its purpose to educate and create awareness of biodiversity in Singapore.

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Comes in grey and green, you can purchase it at the Museum for just SGD 20.00 (inclusive of GST). For more information on the bag, visit here.