Golf courses to make way for growing population

[apogee]

This may not be true now. The whole of Singapore is a catchment area. Hence, they have to use approved chemicals.

However, I agree that those golf clubs which have more than one 18 holes course, should give up the extra courses. I notice that most members tend to play on the better course and as a result the other is left empty.

On the contrary, golf courses use a lot of chemicals to keep out the weeds and insects. Highly pollutive.

 

[apogee]

Any brother knows who this Nicholas Mak is? He is quoted all the time. But he says the most superficial or obvious thing each time.

Mr Nicholas Mak, Executive Director of Research & Consultancy at SLP International, said: "If that golf course is located near a reservoir, then that area may not be suitable for redevelopment into an industrial estate because there is a risk that the reservoir may be polluted. Perhaps other possible uses for that golf courses could be high-rise residential, since residential homes with views of reservoirs or other waterways are very popular in Singapore."

- CNA/de