Cross Island Line??

[Scion]

is this a joke?

 

whose brilliant idea is it?? <_<

 

 

I continue to read with dismay the ongoing plans to develop the Cross Island Line, which will cause habitat damage in the Central Catchment Nature Reserve.

 

As one who is interested in regional development issues, I have travelled widely in South-east Asia.

 

Citizens I have met from large, densely populated cities such as Bangkok, Manila, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta seem somewhat resigned to the pollution, traffic and poor urban planning in their cities.

 

But they are proud of their respective country and its vast hinterlands: Beaches, hillsides, forest reserves and ancient monuments or temples nestled in jungles.

 

Friends from smaller cities such as Dili, Phnom Penh and rapidly developing Yangon are determined to ensure that their cities are green, well-planned and mindful of conservation values.

 

But they, too, have hinterland to be proud of, and they tell me to venture into provinces beyond the capital or main city.

 

Here lies the critical difference between Singapore and almost every other country in the region: We have no real hinterland.

 

We would tell visitors to head to the Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Bukit Brown, the rail corridor or farms in Lim Chu Kang. We are proud of these places, since we have nothing by way of vast countryside, ancient temples or other heritage sites.

 

Each time I go away and return to Singapore, I long for our nature reserves. I am not a botanist or zoologist, but I feel a proud sense of stewardship and marvel at what exists on such a tiny island.

 

We withdraw from the crowds in urban areas and visibly relax in an environment that alleviates stress.

 

I take foreign visitors to these places and emphasise this: What we lack in size, we more than make up for in the diversity of species that our natural environment, the primeval and old secondary growth forests, support.

 

There is also a strong spiritual and cultural value attached to these places. I see Singaporeans meditating, doing tai chi and stilling their minds in the forest reserves. I see families teaching their children about nature.

 

The Cross Island Line is worrying because it sends the message that we need not care about stewardship and responsibility.

 

Unlike the Burmese, Cambodians or others in the region, we have little to point to as our heritage and legacy. The forests are our heritage, a vital relic of old Singapore. They existed long before immigrants arrived here, and they survived colonial rule and the war.

 

It would be a pity to see them irreparably damaged by transportation developments.

 

In a word, destroyed by Singaporeans who have a responsibility to protect their land.

[Picnic06-Biante15]

If they can reclaimed cemeteries, what is Nature Reserve Land...

[Jman888]

simi si cross island line?

[Picnic06-Biante15]

simi si cross island line?

 

SG to JB or Changi Point to Pulau Ubin to Pulau Tekong...

Edited June 14, 2013 by Picnic06

[Gitanic]

it's going into an era of turbulence.

 

take care bros

[Picnic06-Biante15]

Think the report was talking about our Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Bukit Brown areas where development is currently on going...

 

There was this talk about a bridge accross BKE for use by wild animals some years back with all the graphic drawings to cross from one nature reserve to another. Nothing done so far ....

[13177]

So are they going to build the cross-island line across the bukit timah nature reserve?

[Taipan49]

Proposed cross island line on the map.

 

[Jman888]

i actually duno what the article was talking about [:(]

[Solar]

So are they going to build the cross-island line across the bukit timah nature reserve?

 

likely underground..

[Solar]

we blame them for not fixing transport woes.. so now they show us they got try to do work okay?

 

but can someone knowledgeable share.. is it the existing mrt has reached its maximum capacity such that they now need to run another track in parallel?

[Hydrocarbon]

It's a little hard to avoid those places, when Singapore's transport system is already heavily laden. While I hope the authorities will try not to disturb the nature reserves, it's also hard to have the population growing at the rate it is, without new transportation routes (MRT routes).

[Hiphiphoray]

Catch no balls on the article.

 

A lot of beating around the bush..........smoke screen.

[Scion]

i think Singapore is going to sink by 2050

 

- too many people

- too many underground rails

- constructing underground reservoirs

 

[Atonchia]

Saw it on the news. Think the spokesman was an Ang Mo new citizen. Didn't managed to catch the news properly

Either detour the line or slow down the train at certain stretch to reduce vibration and not disrupt the nature.

[Beehive3783]

Think the report was talking about our Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Bukit Brown areas where development is currently on going...

 

There was this talk about a bridge accross BKE for use by wild animals some years back with all the graphic drawings to cross from one nature reserve to another. Nothing done so far ....

The bridge is still in construction but the foundations and beams already up. You can see it on BKE, near the Singtel satellite area.

[13177]

likely underground..

Whether underground or not, if they going to build across the nature reserve, it will still got affected.

[Picnic06-Biante15]

The bridge is still in construction but the foundations and beams already up. You can see it on BKE, near the Singtel satellite area.

 

That one is PIE extension from Ngee Ann Poly to be widen all the way to Bukit Browm & Thomson Road....