Greening Singapore Together - Annual Report 2023-2024
Greening Singapore Together - Annual Report 2023-2024

FACTS & FIGURES

FY2023

National Day Awards

Note: Staff appointments indicated on this page are accurate as of when the Awards were announced.

Public Administration Medal (Gold)

Mr Er Boon Hwee Kenneth

Deputy Secretary / Planning
(on secondment to MND)

Ministry of National Development

Public Administration Medal (Silver)(Bar)

Mr Tang Tuck Weng

Assistant Chief
executive officer

Park Management and Lifestyle Cluster

Public Administration Medal (Silver)

Ms Chua Yen Ling

Group Director / Corporate Strategy and Planning & Parks West

Corporate Strategy and Planning & Parks West

Mr Lim Liang Jim

Group Director / Conservation & Senior Director / International Biodiversity Conservation

Conservation & International Biodiversity Conservation

Public Administration Medal (Bronze)

Dr Wong May Shih Anna

Group Director / Community Animal Management & Senior Director / Wildlife Trade

Community Animal Management & Wildlife Trade

Ms Ng Sok Hong

Deputy Director / CUGE (Greenery and People)

Industry & CUGE

Ms Ng Hui Bing

Director / Service Quality and Engagement

Communications and Community Engagement

Ms Ng Hui Min Stephanie

Director / park planning central

Policy and Planning

Commendation Medal

Mr Voon Tin Keat

Deputy director / Environmental Graphic Design

Parks Development and Design

Mr Lin Rui Long

DEPUTY DIRECTOR / COMMUNITY ANIMAL MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS

Community Animal Management

Dr Wong Shih Peng

Deputy Director / Jurong Lake Gardens Operations & Curator (horticulture and community & jurong lake gardens Horticulture Programming & Outreach)

Jurong Lake Gardens

Ms Koh Ee Yong

Deputy Director / Service Quality

Communications and Community Engagement

Mr Muhamad Shahrizal bin Sihab

Deputy Director / Streetscape (north west)

Streetscape

Mr Low Bing Wen

Senior Manager / Biodiversity (Terrestrial)

National Biodiversity Centre

Ms Tan Huimin Pauline

Senior Manager / Parks (central west)

Parks Central

Mr Chew Dewei Jerome

Deputy Director / Development Management (national parks, gardens and nature reserves)

Fort Canning Park and Istana

Efficiency Medal

Mr Muhammad Khairi bin Doroham

MANAGER /BUKIT TIMAH NATURE RESERVE

Conservation

Mr Mohamad Riduan Ghazali

Senior Manager / Jurong lake gardens Operations

Jurong Lake Gardens

Ms Chan Yin Peng

Senior Executive / Investigation

Enforcement and Investigation

Mr Huang Yihe

Senior Executive / Communications

Communications and Community Engagement

Long Service Medal

Ms Ang Wei Ping

Group Director / Policy and Planning

Policy and Planning

Ms Ang Chiean Hong

Coordinating Director / Parks Development

Parks Development and Design

Mr Boyd Leon Luis

Senior Technical Officer / Plant Science and Health

Horticulture and Community

Ms Chan Hwee Chuang

Assistant / Office Administration

Corporate Services

Ms Chew Wei Yen Stephanie

Senior Manager / Emergency Planning and Risk Management

Corporate Strategy and Planning

Dr Charlene Judith Fernandez

Group Director / Professional and scientific services & Director / Centre for Animal and Veterinary Sciences

Professional and Scientific Services Division

Mr Gwee Aik Teck

Senior Officer / Plant Records

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Mr Joshua Teoh Ken Ne

Director / Enforcement and Investigation

Enforcement and Investigation

Mr Raja Muhammad Khalid bin Raja Adnan

Senior Ranger / Tactical

Enforcement and Investigation

Ms Seri Hayuni binte Hadi

Senior Executive / Education

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Ms Sheralee binte Mohamed Saniff

Manager / Greenery and development planning

Policy and Planning Division

Ms Tan Beng Yen

Manager / Parks (south east)

Parks East

Mr Chia Kim Huat Paul

Director / Prosecution

Professional Development and Services

Awards and Accolades

Excellent Service Award

Attractions

6 Star, 9 Gold and 6 Silver

IT Awards

ESRI Special Achievement in GIS (SAG)

Awarded in recognition for the development of its Tree Management System for the management of urban trees in public housing estates

May Day Awards 2024

Model Worker

Mr Peter Tan Poh Tai

Executive / Security Management

Singapore Botanic Gardens

MND Minister’s Award 2023

Completion of Central Nature Park Network with the opening of Rifle Range Nature Park

Interagency Efforts to Enhance Singapore’s Biosecurity Framework and Combat Illegal Wildlife and Animal Trade

Municipal Services Awards 2023

Love Our ‘Hood Category

Creating a safer, cleaner and connected Kampong Gelam

Team Trap-Neuter-Release-Manage

Community Category

Otter-Proofing towards Coexistence in Seletar Hills Estate

Team Category

3P Partnership Opens Up New 3-Generation Recreational Area For Joo Chiat Residents

Painting of D-Markings and enforcement to tackle reckless cycling along Paya Lebar Road

PST Awards 2023

Exemplary SkillsFuture @ Public Service Award

Mr Daniel Teo

SENIOR MANAGER / PARKS (SOUTH WEST)

Parks West

Others

Community Chest Bronze Award 2023

MINDEF NS Mark (Gold) 2023

CUGE Training Programmes

The Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology (CUGE) was established by NParks as a regional centre of excellence to advance an urban and green living environment, as well as a one-stop training and knowledge hub in urban greenery and ecology.

Workforce Skills Qualification (WSQ) Courses

WSQ Courses for Landscape Workers (Level 1)

  • Plant Health Management and Disease Control
  • Plant Identification
  • Plant Pruning

WSQ Courses for Landscape Technicians (Level 2)

  • Chainsaw Operation and Maintenance
  • Hazards and Risk Control, and Policy Management*
  • Horticultural Chemical Usage*
  • Plant Health Management and Disease Control*
  • Plant Propagation and Production
  • Plant Pruning*
  • Soil and Media Assessment and Remediation
  • Tree Health Management
  • Tree Pruning
  • Tree Climbing and Aerial Rescues
  • Turf Maintenance*

WSQ Courses for Landscape Supervisors (Level 3)

  • Hazards and Risk Control, and Policy Management
  • Plant Health Management and Disease Control
  • Plant Identification
  • Soil and Media Assessment and Remediation

WSQ Courses for Landscape Managers (Level 4)

  • Budgeting
  • Environmental Management in Landscape Operations
  • Hazards and Risk Control, and Policy Management
  • Horticultural Chemical Usage
  • Horticultural Maintenance Programme
  • Plant Health Management and Disease Control
  • Project Management
Workshops
  • Animal Movement Analyses
  • Applied Hierarchical Modelling of Species Distribution and Abundance
  • Designing Therapeutic Horticulture Programmes for Children with Special Needs
  • Formative Pruning for Young Trees
  • From Theory to Practice with the Contemplative Landscape Model
  • Fundamental Tree Management Programme
  • Landscape Safety Orientation Programme (Bengali)
  • Landscape Safety Orientation Programme (English)
  • Landscape Safety Orientation Programme (Tamil)
  • Mountain Bike Trail Workshop
  • Playground Safety Management Workshop
  • Pneumatic Blowpipe and Dart Gun New Operator Course
  • Resistance Drilling Equipment
  • Therapeutic Garden Design
  • Tree Failure Profiling for Common Urban Trees of Singapore
  • Tree Felling
  • Tree Inspection — Advanced
  • Tree Inspection — The Basics
  • Tree Inspection Using Resistograph and PiCUS Sonic Tomography
  • Trees & Construction — Understanding the Arboriculture Impact
  • Unmanned Aircraft Practical Handling
Certification Programmes
  • Animal Health Professional Certification Programme (Refresher)
  • Animal Management Certification Programme Basic (Refresher)
  • Animal Management PCP Intermediate Elective Community Animals — Cat
  • Animal Management PCP Intermediate Elective Community Animals — Dog
  • Animal Management PCP Intermediate Elective — Mammals
  • Animal Management PCP Intermediate Elective — Reptiles
  • Animal Welfare and Behaviour
  • Certificate in Basic Plant Recognition Programme (Module 1 to 10)
  • Certified Playground Safety Inspector Course and Examination
  • Certified Practising Horticulturist Assessment-Only Pathway*
  • Certified Practising Horticulturist Programme
  • ISA Certified Arborist Exam
  • ISA Certified Arborist Preparatory Programme
  • ISA Certified Tree Worker Climber Specialist Preparatory Programme
  • ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification Programme
  • ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ) Renewal
  • Refresher for ISA Arborist
  • Skyrise Greenery Certification
Seminar/Webinar & International Programmes
  • Animal Management PCP Intermediate Elective — Wildlife Management in Development
  • Study Visit on Singapore’s Greenery and Nature Conservation Effort for Chinese University of Hong Kong EMBA
  • Therapeutic Power of the Urban Green Spaces: Design and Assessment with Contemplative Landscape Model
  • Tree Decay — The Fundamentals
  • Tree Inspection — Failure Documentation & Analysis
  • Tropical Tree Identification, Biology & Physiology
    • Technical Deep Dive on Urban Heat

* Programmes with Assessment-Only Pathway (AOP)

Regional Parks and Greenery
Maintained by NParks
number of regional parks
88
number of neighbourhood parks
317
total area maintained area (ha)
Parks, playgrounds, open spaces, fitness corners and park connectors* 3,326.02
Nature Reserves (Gazetted) 3,347
Istana and Parliament House Grounds 42
Roadside Greenery 5,161.78
State Land Greenery as of Mar 2024** 4,381.89
Total mileage of park connectors maintained, including space between: 387 Km
Plant Health
import, permits and inspections
Import permits issued 52,150
Post-entry inspections conducted 496
Animal Health & Welfare
licences, permits, and health certificates issued for animal imports
Animals (excluding livestock) 4,921
Biologics 203
Birds 137
Eggs for research 0
Products (blood, sera, urine, clinical specimens) 1,791
Ornamental fish (export health certificates) 3,384
Ornamental fish (import permits) 5,599
total 16,035
licensing veterinarians and veterinary centres
Number of veterinarians 579
Number of veterinary centres 113
Animal Health & Welfare
doG licensing and enforcement  
Dog licences issued ~90,000
New licences ~15,000
Renewed licences (includes multi-year licences) ~75,000
types of animal disease surveyed in local famrs  
Captive bird farms surveyed
  • Avian influenza
  • Newcastle disease
3
Ornamental fish farms surveyed
  • Aeromonas salmonicida
  • Chytrid fungus
  • Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis virus
  • Infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus
  • Infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus
  • Koi herpes virus
  • Megalocytivirus
  • Spring viraemia carp virus
  • Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia
  • White spot disease
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NPARKS’ ANIMAL BIOSURVEILLANCE PROGRAMMES
  • Aeromonas salmonicida
  • African swine fever
  • Anaplasmosis
  • Antimicrobial resistance
  • Avian influenza
  • Babesiosis
  • Bluetongue
  • Bovine tuberculosis
  • Brucellosis
  • Campylobacteriosis
  • Canine distemper
  • Chytridiomycosis
  • Classical swine fever
  • Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
  • Coronaviruses
  • Cryptococcosis
  • Cryptosporidiosis
  • Escherichia coli O157:H7
  • Ehrlichiosis
  • Epizootic ulcerative syndrome
  • Foot-and-mouth disease
  • Heartworm
  • Koi herpes virus
  • Leishmaniosis
  • Leptospirosis
  • Lyme disease
  • Newcastle disease
  • Nipah virus disease
  • Parvovirus
  • Plasmodium knowlesi
  • Psittacosis
  • Rabies
  • Rickettsial disease
  • Spring viraemia of carp virus
  • Swine influenza
  • Toxoplasmosis
  • White spot disease

* Excludes Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve and Labrador Nature Reserve which have been computed under “Nature Reserves”.

** Greenery on vacant land taken over from agencies 

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