NATURE RESERVES ORDINANCE (Variation of Schedule)

5.05 p.m.

The Minister for Culture and Social Affairs (Inche Othman Bin Wok): Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move,

That this Parliament, pursuant to subsection (1) of section 4 of the Nature Reserves Ordinance (Chapter 235), resolves that paragraph 5 of the Schedule to the said Ordinance be deleted and the following substituted therefor:-

"All that piece of land situate in Mukim No. V, Pandan in the Island of Singapore, known as Pandan Forest Reserve, comprised in Lot 136-15, Mukim No. V, Pandan, and estimated to contain an area of 356a. 0r. 00p., the boundary of which is more particularly delineated and edged pink on Certified Plan No. 12924 filed in the Office of the Chief Surveyor, Singapore.".

In the development of the Jurong Industrial Complex, it has been necessary to utilise the land on the west bank of Sungei Jurong south of West Coast Road, which forms part of the Pandan Nature Reserve, as set out in paragraph 5 of the Schedule to the Nature Reserves Ordinance (Chapter 235). This land comprising about 186 acres is required for the creation of wharves and other facilities to provide access to the river and open sea.

It will therefore be necessary to amend paragraph 5 of the Schedule to excise this area from the Pandan Nature Reserve. After this excision there will still be a balance of 356 acres in the Pandan Nature Reserve.

Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move.

Question put, and agreed to.

Resolved,

That this Parliament, pursuant to subsection (1) of Section 4 of the Nature Reserves Ordinance (Chapter 235), resolves that paragraph 5 of the Schedule to the said Ordinance be deleted and the following substituted therefor :-

"All that piece of land situate in Mukim No. V, Pandan in the Island of Singapore, known as Pandan Forest Reserve, comprised in Lot 136-15, Mukim No. V, Pandan, and estimated to contain an area of 356a. 0r, 00p., the boundary of which is more particularly delineated and edged pink on Certified Plan No. 12924 filed in the Office of the Chief Surveyor, Singapore.".

5.12 p.m.