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Title: Review of National Level Activities SINGAPORE


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Review of National Level ActivitiesSINGAPORE
Second High-Level Meeting on Health and
Environment in ASEAN and East Asian Countries
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The Singapore Green Plan 2012 (SGP 2012)
  • Singapore's blueprint for environmental
    sustainability over the next 10 years,
    encompassing five areas
  • Public Health
  • Clean Air
  • Clean Water
  • Waste Management
  • Conserving Nature

3
The Singapore Green Plan 2012 (SGP 2012)
  • "Community Partnership" and "Innovation" as two
    cross-cutting areas
  • Five Action Programme Committees (APCs) oversee
    the development and implementation of Action
    Programmes for each area
  • APCs are guided by a Coordinating Committee

4
Public Health
  • Targets
  • Increase community ownership to sustain a high
    standard of cleanliness and public health
  • Build up national capability in epidemiological
    surveillance and research on vector-borne
    diseases.
  • Maintain low incidence of vector-borne diseases.

5
Public Health
  • Key Thrusts
  • Enhance ownership through a wide range of
    community-level initiatives on public health
  • Initiate nationwide programmes to better control
    vectors and prevent vector-borne diseases

6
Community ownership on public health
  • Campaign Against Dengue, 10-minute Mozzie Wipeout
  • Worked with 3P (People, Private and Public)
    partners to target dengue prevention outreach
    programme to all residents, workers and students

7
Community ownership on public health
  • Singapore Litter-Free Primary School
  • Target group 7-12 year olds
  • Public health theme
  • Litter-free environment

8
Building research capabilities in
vector control and vector-borne diseases
  • Dengue Consortium
  • Collaboration between Environmental Health
    Institute (a research institute of the National
    Environment Agency), healthcare and research
    institutes
  • Explore ways to better understand and manage
    Dengue infection and minimize the incidence of
    dengue in Singapore
  • Projects
  • Serotype prevalence and spatial-temporal
    distribution of Dengue serotype in Singapore
  • Sequencing of Dengue Viruses
  • Seroprevalence of Dengue
  • Sero-epidemiology of Dengue

9
Upgrade Professionalism of Pest
Management Industry
  • National Skills Recognition Scheme (NSRS)
  • Collaboration with the Singapore Pest Management
    Association to develop NSRS
  • Encourage pest management industry to upgrade
    their staff through NSRS

10
Vector control initiative - Rat
Attack!
  • Sustainable rodent control in all Town Councils
  • Baseline survey
  • to assess level of infestation and identify
    irregularities in environmental sanitation and
    refuse management
  • Attack Phase
  • to reduce rodent population
  • Maintenance Phase
  • Address irregularities detected in baseline
    survey and improve environmental hygiene and
    sanitation

11
Vector control initiative - Mozzie
Attack!
  • Initiate dedicated mosquito control programmes in
    all Town Councils involving professional pest
    control operators
  • Develop and introduce a common standard for more
    effective vector control works and for assessment
    of performance of service providers

12
Clean Air
  • Key thrusts
  • Strive for Pollution Standards Index to be within
    the good range for 85 of the year and within
    the moderate range for the remaining 15.
  • Meet 60 of Singapores electricity needs through
    use of natural gas.
  • Extend use of natural gas in transportation
    beyond public buses and taxis.
  • Enhance public transportation as an attractive
    alternative to private cars.

13
Clean Water
  • Key thrusts
  • Increase catchment areas from 50 to 67 of
    Singapores land surface.
  • Increase supply of water from non-conventional
    sources, such as desalination and water
    reclamation, to at least 25 of Singapores water
    demand.
  • Ensure that water quality continues to meet
    international standards.

14
Waste Management
  • Key thrusts
  • Raise the overall waste recycling rate from 44
    to 60.
  • Extend the lifespan of Semakau Landfill to 50
    years, and strive towards zero landfill needs.
  • Reduce the need for new incineration plants, from
    the current one every 5 - 7 years to one every 10
    - 15 years.

15
Conserving Nature
  • Key thrusts
  • Keep nature areas for as long as possible.
  • Verify and update information on indigenous flora
    and fauna through biodiversity surveys.
  • Put in place new parks and park connectors.
  • Set up a National Biodiversity Reference Centre.

16
2005 SGP Review
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2005 SGP Review
  • Three areas of focus

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2005 SGP Review
  • Renewed Singaporeans interest motivation to do
    more for their environment
  • A chance to shape key environmental policies
    directly
  • More than 5,000 Singaporeans participated
    through
  • Internet Survey
  • Climate Change Roundtable
  • Public Forum
  • Public Exhibition

19
2005 SGP Review
  • SGP 2012 will updated in early 2006.
  • Incorporate recommendations accepted by
    Government
  • Enhanced programmes and new targets

20
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