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In an area of Singapore once home to a brickworks and military training facilities, a vision of the future of urban living is taking shape.
The country is building what it calls its first smart and sustainable town, promising 42,000 homes in an environment where people can be âat home with natureâ.
The Tengah project will consist of five residential districts on the 700-hectare site in Singaporeâs Western region. Named Garden, Park, Brickland, Forest Hill and Plantation, the areas are designed to improve residentsâ health and wellbeing and give them a better quality of life.
How? With smart buildings, greenery everywhere and a prioritization of walking and cycling that routes motor vehicle traffic underground.
April 19, 2021
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Singapore is building a ‘forest town’ with abundant green spaces and underground roads
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Author: Natalie Marchant, Writer, Formative Content
In Singapore, the ‘forest town’ of Tengah is being built on land once home to a brickworks and later used for military training.
Vehicles will run underground to make the eco-development’s town centre safer for walking, cycling and recreational activities.
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World Economic Forum s Special Annual Meeting in Singapore rescheduled to August (file photo)
Singapore:
The World Economic Forum s Special Annual Meeting in Singapore in May has been rescheduled to August 17-20 this year due to the challenges in containing the COVID-19 pandemic, the organisation has said. The Special Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) was earlier scheduled to be held in Singapore from May 25 to 28.
WEF Special Annual Meeting to take place in August
GENEVA, February 4, 2021 The World Economic Forum Special Annual Meeting 2021 in Singapore will convene from August 17 to 20. The meeting follows the success of the Forum’s virtual Davos Agenda in January, which brought together world leaders from government, business and society. The Special Annual Meeting 2021 was scheduled for May 25-28. Although the World Economic Forum and Government of Singapore remain confident of the measures in place to ensure a safe and effective meeting, and local transmission of Covid-19 in Singapore remains at negligible levels, the change to the meeting’s timing reflects the international challenges in containing the pandemic.