By 2030, Singapore is set to lose 4,700 hectares of secondary forests, equivalent to over a thousand Padangs. We follow Chua Chin Tat, environmental activist, around Dover Park East, a 50-odd-year-old secondary forest to learn about his efforts to stop its destruction.
Essays
Another stretch of Singapore’s secondary forests will soon be razed to make way for a new housing development project. What does this mean for the future of the island’s nature spots?
One person’s search during the pandemic for the foods and smells of childhood, especially those that remind him of his grandmother.
It may be time for Singapore to reconsider how it prices new public housing units. Yet by using POFMA to shut down an alternative view, the government stifles public discourse.
What does it mean to be custodians of our land, to nurture it for future generations?