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A civet was recently found curled up in a corner of a stall in a kopitiam at Queenstown, after which NParks arrived to take it away.

- Advertisement - Yes, we love to plant trees. Since Lee Kuan Yew started the whole ritual, at least 10,000 saplings are planted every year since 1963 as part of the Tree Planting campaign. Impressive indeed. Singapore Clean and Green. At the same time, the bureaucratic itch to destroy any uncooperative or superfluous leaf of grass or tree that happens to stand in the way of development is as great as ever. It was the misfortune of a big part of the Kranji woodland to suffer this fate – showing once again the need for young Singaporeans to be vigilant or otherwise they will be left with ...

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The Straits Times Land along Rail Corridor was cleared before environmental assessments were completed Aerial photos of Kranji woodland taken in May 2019 and this month. The photo taken this month shows a narrow strip of trees near the Rail Corridor, with much of the rest cleared. Beginning at the end of last December, green patches were cleared on the site, which is slated for the Agri-Food Innovation Park - part of Sungei Kadut Eco-District. On discovering the mistake during a site inspection on Jan 13, JTC Corporation instructed its contractor, Huationg, to stop all clearing work immediate...

February 17, 2021 Facebook/Brice Li SINGAPORE - Large swathes of Kranji woodland along the rail corridor were mistakenly cleared while the authorities were in the midst of biodiversity impact assessments there. Aerial photos of the site showing the destruction of the woodland, a 70ha green patch home to around 40 species of birds, emerged on social media on Sunday (Feb 14). One picture showed a narrow strip of trees surrounding the rail corridor, with much of the rest cleared. In response to these posts, a JTC Corporation spokesman said on Tuesday (Feb 16) that the land was "erroneously" cl...