This course was built in Y2006 when there is already a overcrowding issue and people like me are shocked that we r building yet another freaking golf course!! Now they r going to rectify this mistake by telling people that they r going to take back the land for other use and make this more 'for the common folks who don't golf...' . In the first place why build this stupid course!!
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Marina Bay Golf Course was a freaking mistake in the first place!!
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At least they taking back iso letting the mistake continue.
is it built on reclaimed land?
Another mistake is the Kranji course. Remember it is a new course built over the nature reserves. Looks like the golfers r going to get screwed bad!!
This was the fight a few years ago on the need to build another golf course over the nature reserve in Kranji.
The Future
Given the compromise that was eventually forged between NSS and NSRCC on 22 April 2002, what is the future for the Kranji Bund Marshes?
The compromise allows for a 60 m stretch from the shoreline of the North Kranji Bund Marsh to be retained as a sort of 'buffer' for the wetland birds. The golf course will take up about 60 ha out of the 74 ha on leasehold for the project. This means that about 14 ha of marshes will be retained, amounting to only about 28 per cent of the original marshland of the estimated 50 ha. This is an improvement from NSRCC's original plan of leaving only about 8 ha out of the golf course area for conservation, but still constitutes a hefty curtailment of the marsh habitat.
Marshes are important feeding and roosting areas for
waterbirds like this
Purple Heron
* However, there are many foreseeable problems that must be tackled to lessen the detrimental ecological. impacts on the remaining marsh habitat resulting from the golf course project. Of particular concern is the lack of depth/breadth of the remaining marshes, which will pose problems for the bird species that use the marshes as a breeding and feeding ground or protective refuge when disturbed along its edges, such as the Purple Swamphen and the Purple Heron. Being disturbed from both flanks, land and shore, is certain given that the area will be turned into a golf course and when nature trails and recreational activities are allowed.
* Moreover, the golf course will also cause the patch of marshes along the existing canal south of the Kranji Radio Transmission Station, harbouring several important wetland species such as the Purple Swamphen, to be isolated from the main body of marshland along the shoreline.
Scrubland and grassland fringing the
marshes at the Kranji pipeline
Also of serious concern is the alteration of the hydrology of the marshes, given that the golf course will entail that rainwater run-off from the high ground along the existing canal and channels will be obstructed or redirected elsewhere rather than filtered through the marshes - leading to some level of dehydration and also the loss of regular waterflushes from upland, which is critical to productivity and biodiversity.
To offset or minimise these negative effects, serious consideration must be given to mitigation and containment measures such as proper ecological screens, stepping stones, green corridors, sustainable water-flows and so forth. For the long-term viability of the marshland, it is now critical that the remnant North Kranji Bund Marsh be integrated into the South Kranji Bund Marsh, inclusive of the shoreline at the Kangkar arm of the Reservoir further south, as one conservation entity - to be left undeveloped and fully protected as a refuge and source of propagation for the marshland wildlife in the remaining northern sector (see map). Saving the remaining marshes will ensure that not only an area with a rare habitat together with all the wildlife that is adapted to its water-logged conditions will survive, but also that an equally rare and lovely landscape of open horizons and open skies be left as another invaluable green lung for highly stressed urbanised Singaporeans now and for the future.
References
BRIFFETT, C. (1985). Kranji Marshes -An Outline Proposal for a New Nature Reserve. (Malayan Nature Society, Singapore Branch).
BRIFFETT, C. (Ed.) (1990) Master Plan for the Conservation of Nature in Singapore. (Malayan Nature Society, Singapore Branch).
ENV (Min. of the Environment) (1993) The Singapore Green Plan - Action Programmes. (Singapore: Ministry of the Environment).
HANCOCK, J. & ELLIOTT, H. (1978) The Herons of the World. (New York: Harper & Row Publishers).
HO, H. C. (2000) Kranji Reservoir Environs (Singapore): An Integrated Conservation Plan. MSc. Dissertation submitted to Imperial College, University of London.
HO, H. C. (1990) Conservation Proposal for Kranji Heronry and Marshes. (Malayan Nature Society, Singapore Branch).
LIM, K. S. (1994) Pocket Checklist of the Birds of the Republic of Singapore. (Singapore: Nature Society [Singapore])
LIM, K. S. (1992) Vanishing Birds of Singapore. (Singapore: Nature Society [Singapore]).
NSS (Nature Society [Singapore]) (2002) SAFRA's Golf Course Project at the Kranji! Bund Marsh: Nature Society's Feedback on Impacts and Proposals for Conservation and Mitigation.
NSS (Nature Society [Singapore]) (2002) Letter to NSRCC dated 27 March - Reference: NSRCC Golf Course Project at Kranji Marsh.
NSS (Nature Society [Singapore]) (1999) Take action to save Kranji Marshes. Letter to the Forum, The Straits Times, 16 February.
SCOTT, D. A. (Ed.) (1989) A Directory of Asian Wetlands. (Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, The World Conservation Union).
WELLS, D. R. (1999) The Birds of the Thai-Malay Peninsula: Volume One. (San Diego: Academic Press).
YEONG, A. 5. (1990) The Advent of a Green Wave in Singapore. (The Straits Times, 30 October).
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The Future
Given the compromise that was eventually forged between NSS and NSRCC on 22 April 2002, what is the future for the Kranji Bund Marshes?
The compromise allows for a 60 m stretch from the shoreline of the North Kranji Bund Marsh to be retained as a sort of 'buffer' for the wetland birds. The golf course will take up about 60 ha out of the 74 ha on leasehold for the project. This means that about 14 ha of marshes will be retained, amounting to only about 28 per cent of the original marshland of the estimated 50 ha. This is an improvement from NSRCC's original plan of leaving only about 8 ha out of the golf course area for conservation, but still constitutes a hefty curtailment of the marsh habitat.
Marshes are important feeding and roosting areas for
waterbirds like this
Purple Heron
* However, there are many foreseeable problems that must be tackled to lessen the detrimental ecological. impacts on the remaining marsh habitat resulting from the golf course project. Of particular concern is the lack of depth/breadth of the remaining marshes, which will pose problems for the bird species that use the marshes as a breeding and feeding ground or protective refuge when disturbed along its edges, such as the Purple Swamphen and the Purple Heron. Being disturbed from both flanks, land and shore, is certain given that the area will be turned into a golf course and when nature trails and recreational activities are allowed.
* Moreover, the golf course will also cause the patch of marshes along the existing canal south of the Kranji Radio Transmission Station, harbouring several important wetland species such as the Purple Swamphen, to be isolated from the main body of marshland along the shoreline.
Scrubland and grassland fringing the
marshes at the Kranji pipeline
Also of serious concern is the alteration of the hydrology of the marshes, given that the golf course will entail that rainwater run-off from the high ground along the existing canal and channels will be obstructed or redirected elsewhere rather than filtered through the marshes - leading to some level of dehydration and also the loss of regular waterflushes from upland, which is critical to productivity and biodiversity.
To offset or minimise these negative effects, serious consideration must be given to mitigation and containment measures such as proper ecological screens, stepping stones, green corridors, sustainable water-flows and so forth. For the long-term viability of the marshland, it is now critical that the remnant North Kranji Bund Marsh be integrated into the South Kranji Bund Marsh, inclusive of the shoreline at the Kangkar arm of the Reservoir further south, as one conservation entity - to be left undeveloped and fully protected as a refuge and source of propagation for the marshland wildlife in the remaining northern sector (see map). Saving the remaining marshes will ensure that not only an area with a rare habitat together with all the wildlife that is adapted to its water-logged conditions will survive, but also that an equally rare and lovely landscape of open horizons and open skies be left as another invaluable green lung for highly stressed urbanised Singaporeans now and for the future.
References
BRIFFETT, C. (1985). Kranji Marshes -An Outline Proposal for a New Nature Reserve. (Malayan Nature Society, Singapore Branch).
BRIFFETT, C. (Ed.) (1990) Master Plan for the Conservation of Nature in Singapore. (Malayan Nature Society, Singapore Branch).
ENV (Min. of the Environment) (1993) The Singapore Green Plan - Action Programmes. (Singapore: Ministry of the Environment).
HANCOCK, J. & ELLIOTT, H. (1978) The Herons of the World. (New York: Harper & Row Publishers).
HO, H. C. (2000) Kranji Reservoir Environs (Singapore): An Integrated Conservation Plan. MSc. Dissertation submitted to Imperial College, University of London.
HO, H. C. (1990) Conservation Proposal for Kranji Heronry and Marshes. (Malayan Nature Society, Singapore Branch).
LIM, K. S. (1994) Pocket Checklist of the Birds of the Republic of Singapore. (Singapore: Nature Society [Singapore])
LIM, K. S. (1992) Vanishing Birds of Singapore. (Singapore: Nature Society [Singapore]).
NSS (Nature Society [Singapore]) (2002) SAFRA's Golf Course Project at the Kranji! Bund Marsh: Nature Society's Feedback on Impacts and Proposals for Conservation and Mitigation.
NSS (Nature Society [Singapore]) (2002) Letter to NSRCC dated 27 March - Reference: NSRCC Golf Course Project at Kranji Marsh.
NSS (Nature Society [Singapore]) (1999) Take action to save Kranji Marshes. Letter to the Forum, The Straits Times, 16 February.
SCOTT, D. A. (Ed.) (1989) A Directory of Asian Wetlands. (Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, The World Conservation Union).
WELLS, D. R. (1999) The Birds of the Thai-Malay Peninsula: Volume One. (San Diego: Academic Press).
YEONG, A. 5. (1990) The Advent of a Green Wave in Singapore. (The Straits Times, 30 October).
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This is reclaim land. You cannot build high-rise for a few years. The land needs to settle. Hence, it was not a mistake allowing a golf course on it.
N if u r rich u can fuck off to Bintan n batam to play golf n other side benefits
Build then tear down then rebuild....contracted to cronies....how else cronies make money?
Land reclaimation is very expensive.
If cannot build high rise then why did the PAP reclaim all that land
If the intention was to build another golf course for the elites, why should taxpayers foot the bill
Land reclaimation is very expensive.
If cannot build high rise then why did the PAP reclaim all that land
High rise construction can take place but only have the land has settled. This takes at least a decade.
The first reclamation project was along the East Coast. The process was similar in that the reclaimed land was left vacant for many years to allow the soil to settle.
Where is Mah Bow Tan? He fucked up & MND got the cheek to critique WP TC
Soil needs so long to set?
Wrong lah, the golf course built for taxi drivers, they also want to play golf, taxi driver can makes about 5K a month and can afford to buy condo.
What about the game of POLO....???
Even lamer...how many people play this game and own horses..???
Scrape= it and forget about getting an Olympic medal..
we can just buy one anytime..like Table tennis...What honour or glory..??
All fake like our PAP govt...A very Extracting Govt...bound to fall and fail...proven in history...
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When PAP make mistake they never admit ~ they always have excuses for their mistakes!!
When great flood at Orchard its water ponding!
When Whore Jinx loses $650million dollars oldman came out to rectify " oh it's an honest mistake"
When something happened the Top gahmen official will say some thing "Oh I didn't know that!"
bloody hell paid them million to have such remark!
The worse explanation I got from the media and poodles is that golf courses r like nature reserves...u get greenery and fresh air. So taking out jungles and nature areas and making them into golf courses is ok??? What a joke?? Might as well say football fields are also like nature reserves also!!
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