| My feedback to REACH, 17 Jan2008 |
| Development of spa retreat in Mandai Unsound |
| Dear
REACH Administrator, I have written an essay (link below) expressing my grave concern about the development of a spa retreat at Mandai. Essay: Forest Science Crapped in Singapore http://www.eart-h.com/text/mandai.htm The decision to convert the designated 30ha secondary vegetation is not rational at all. It has negated entirely the important life-supporting (ecological) services that the vegetation provides for the adjacent primary forest. The development, in effect, has not been based on sound scientific knowledge and principles. As presiding host to the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation between ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), can Singapore truly hold its head up to its partners as a genuine contender for capacity-building in the conservation of biodiversity in South East Asia, when unsound practices like this spa-development rules in our own backyard? I dare say not. Please assist by forwarding my essay (and the above) to the relevant authorities. Thank you. Yours sincerely, Joseph Lai Tuck Kwong Botanist |
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