Category Archives: Activities

Raffles Museum Toddycats and friends clear 1.5 tonnes of marine debris for ICCS 2013

International Coastal Cleanup Singapore came and went last weekend. It is one of  the longest running environment programme in Singapore helmed and coordinated by a special group within the Raffles Museum Toddycats, the ICCS otters. On Saturday, as the sun … Continue reading

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A Round up of the Festival of Biodiversity 2013

What a weekend 13 and 14 July was! The Museum and RMBR Toddycats came out in full force to participate in the second Festival of Biodiversity, organised by the National Parks Board in conjunction with the Biodiversity Roundtable. Having organised … Continue reading

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The comprehensive marine biodiversity survey, Singapore Straits Edition

Its been quiet on the media front here at RMBR, because all the action is down in the southern isles of Singapore! The comprehensive marine biodiversity survey of Singapore kicked off on Monday 20 May, and will continue through to … Continue reading

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So long and see you soon!

Its been a hectic last month for the museum and the curtains have finally fallen over the public gallery. As a last swan song, the museum threw its doors open from 18 to 22 March during the Last Hurrah! Presented … Continue reading

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Join us for “The Last Hurrah!” (Update: Registration closed)

We’ve been talking about it for a long time and it is finally here! RMBR will close from the April 1 and as a final thank you gesture, we’d like to invite everyone to join us for a Last Hurrah! … Continue reading

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Originally posted on The Biodiversity Crew @ NUS:
Two missed calls and a text message came from FTTA Xu Weiting on Friday evening while I was at swim practice. The text message read, “… Someone found a baby pangolin roadkill at…

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News from the Comprehensive Marine Biodiversity Survey of Singapore, Johore Straits

Update (30 October): Drs Daphne Fautin and Peter Ng are interviewed by Steven Chia on Channel NewsAsia’s AM Live!  The second phase of the Comprehensive Marine Biodiversity Survey kicked off on the 15th of October with a 3 week workshop … Continue reading

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Workshop on Marine Ecosystems and Biodiversity of the South China Sea (31st July – 4th August 2012)

In a series of workshops on Managing Potential Conflicts in the South China Sea (SCS) starting from 1990, several Technical Working Groups (TWG) were formed, each dealing with specific topics that needed to be addressed to promote the spirit of … Continue reading

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Children’s Season 2012: Open House at the Raffles Museum

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In collaboration with the National Heritage Board’s Children Season and to commemorate International Museum day, the Raffles Museum held an Open House last Saturday. It is to be our last public event at the museum until the completion of the … Continue reading

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Holiday Workshops

Holiday Workshops This year-end school holidays, RMBR organized a series of hands-on workshop for the young ones. We had overwhelming response for all three workshops with each having a full class of 40 participants ranging from 7 to 14 years … Continue reading

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