NATURE RESERVES ORDINANCE (MODIFICATION OF SCHEDULE)

3.14 p.m.

The Minister for Law and National Development (Mr E. W. Barker): Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the first motion* standing in my name as it appears on the Order Paper.

• The motion reads as follows:

'That this Parliament, pursuant to subsection (1) of section 4 of the Nature Reserves Ordinance (Chapter 235), resolves -

(a) that paragraph 1 of the Schedule of the said Ordinance be deleted and the following sustituted therefor:-

"All those pieces of land situate in the Mukims of Sembawang, Mandai, Ulu Kalang, Bukit Timah and Toa Payoh in the Island of Singapore forming part of the Public Utilities Board Catchment Area described as follows:- Approximate Area Lot. No. Mukim Acres. Roods. Perches 13-2 Sembawang No. XIII 3 3 13.60 13-3 Sembawang No. XIII 667 2 - Parts of 31-2 Mandai No. XIV 3,144 0 - 28 Ulu Kalang No. XV 3 2 34.00 29 Ulu Kalang No. XV 0 0 12.00 30 Ulu Kalang No. XV 5 1 14.00 13-16 Ulu Kalang No. XV 3 2 09.2 Parts of 155 Ulu Kalang No. XV 2,687 1 15.0 66 Bukit Timah No. XVI 576 0 - Parts of 115-2 Toa Payoh No. XVII 900 0 -

The boundaries of these areas are more particularly delineated and edged green in Certified Plan No. 13109 filed in the Office of the Chief Surveyor, Singapre."; and

(b) that paragraph 5 of the Schedule to the said Ordinance be deleted.'

The motion deals with two areas of nature reserves - one at MacRitchie Reservoir and the other in the Pandan nature reserve. Part of the nature reserve at MacRitchie Reservoir has already been converted into a park, and it is now necessary to regulate the position by amending paragraph 1 of the Schedule to the Nature Reserves Ordinance as proposed in my motion.

Part of the Pandan nature reserve was reclaimed many years ago to provide land for the industrial estate at Jurong. Consequent upon the rapid growth of the Jurong Industrial Estate, more land is needed for industrial expansion. It is proposed, therefore, to allow the Jurong Town Corporation to reclaim the remaining lot of the Pandan nature reserve comprising some 356 acres of swamp land. Thus, it becomes necessary to delete this lot from the Schedule of the Nature Reserves Ordinance.

Sir, I beg to move.

Question put, and agreed to.

Resolved,

'That this Parliament, pursuant to subsection (1) of section 4 of teh Nature Reserves Ordinance (Chapter 235), resolves -

(a) that paragraph 1 of the Schedule of the said Ordinance be delted and the following sustituted thereof:-

"All those pieces of land situate in the Mukims of Sembawang, Mandai, Ulu Kalang, Bukit Timah and Toa Payoh in ht Island of Singapore forming part of the Public Utilities Board Catchment Area descibed as follows:- Approximate Area Lot. No. Mukim Acres. Roods. Perches 13-2 Sembawang No. XIII 3 3 13.60 13-3 Sembawang No. XIII 667 2 - Parts of 31-2 Mandai No. XIV 3,144 0 - 28 Ulu Kalang No. XV 3 2 34.00 29 Ulu Kalang No. XV 0 0 12.00 30 Ulu Kalang No. XV 5 1 14.00 13-16 Ulu Kalang No. XV 3 2 09.2 Parts of 155 Ulu Kalang No. XV 2,687 1 15.0 66 Bukit Timah No. XVI 576 0 - Parts of 115-2 Toa Payoh No. XVII 900 0 -

The boundaries of these areas are more particularly delineated and edged green in Certified Plan No. 13109 filed in the Office of the Chief Surveyor, Singapre."; and

(b) that paragraph 5 of the Schedule to the said Ordinance be deleted.