The Singapore green plan

TLDR: The Singapore Green Plan as discussed by the authors is a masterplan for action for the environment for the nineties and beyond, which aims to build an environmentally aware and proactive population so that all would be involved in the protection and improvement of the environment.

Abstract: This paper gives an overview of the Singapore Green Plan, its background, development and goals. The Green Plan is the masterplan for action for the environment for the nineties and beyond. In the Plan, new areas for action have been identified and the action programmes formulated to implement the Plan in these new areas are discussed. One key area is environmental education, to build an environmentally aware and proactive population so that all would be involved in the protection and improvement of the environment. Other new areas in which action would be taken under the Green Plan are the conservation of resources, minimisation of waste, and the promotion of clean technologies, ie. new processes and technologies that produce less pollution. For the improvement of the quality of life, attention would be focused on noise management, while nature conservation is also an area looked into under the Green Plan. The development of Singapore into a regional centre for environmental technology will also be promoted.