Dear Friends,
OVERVIEW
It was a busy week for Waterways Watch as we approached the beginning of school holidays. Corporates and School programmes everyday and we had (Singapore American School, Yishun Primary School, Mayflower Primary School, AIMS APAC REIT, Climate Fund Advisors, S&P Global and Ernst & Young)
This week, in addition, we hosted 3 students from NUS at Punggol Branch Office doing a project on water. Our FYP projects with SIT are all set for 2025 and we are waiting for the teams to contact us once SIT is fully relocated to Punggol by Dec. 2024. This week at Pang Sua, we were delighted to be approached by a resident who expressed interest in joining our Pang Sua Team. Hopefully this would be a new trend with the residents there as littering still remains an issue.
The weekend patrols at Lakeside would like to highlight the sighting of cycling in the Chinese Garden and we are concerned that the signages are not too clear and obvious. More enforcement by NParks should be done as it can be crowded over the weekends at the Chinese and Japanese Garden. Spots of littering within these areas are also beginning to pop-up as reported by our Weekly Patrols.
Next week, as we head towards the last week of School, most of our programmes until year-end are with Corporates.
Admin Office is currently working on possible partnership with PUB for the Marina Barrage Visitor’s Centre. Following our first meeting with the PUB Team, we are exploring with them this option.
Summary of activities conducted over this week
In summary, the following activities were done for this week:
- We conducted 5 CSR, 3 VIA programmes & 2 Assembly Talks which 86 participants, 216 participants & 320 participants respectively attended, and together they collected 196kg of litter.
- A total of 50 members were involved in CSR/VIA programmes and talks; another 54 members turned up for patrols, administration, housekeeping duties and training.
- The total trash collected by patrol groups from members was 203kg.
- Boat Patrol: A total of 3 Boat patrols were carried out – 2 at Marina, 1 at Punggol
- Bike Patrol: A total of 4 Bike patrols were carried out; 1 at Marina, 2 at Punggol and 1 at Jurong Lakeside Garden
- Pedal Boat Patrol: 1 Pedal Boat patrol at Marina.
- Foot Patrol: 1 foot patrol at Pang Sua Pond.
ACTIVITIES AND REPORT
1. Educational Programmes
2. Volunteer Patrols & Activities
a. Marina
b. Punggol
c. Lakeside
d. Pang Sua Pond
e. Yishun Pond Patrol
| No patrol |