below. Each of these necessitated at least two visits to the site followed by 
drafting the specifications in the office — 56 days work, or two months duty 
for a curator out of a year. In addition, many visits were paid to official 
organisations to give advice on such things as pruning or inspection of trees 
near buildings, planting new trees, etc. Planting schemes were prepared for: 
1. Combined Clinic at Still Road. 
2. New Clinic at Chong Pang Village (Sembawang). 
3. New Police Station at Chong Pang Village (Sembawang). 
4. Division III Quarters for Customs Department, Tampenis Road. 
5. Camp Temasek 6 \ m.s. Holland Road. 
6. Sewerage disposal Works — Jurong. 
7. Infant and Health Clinic at m.s. Upper Changi Road. 
8. Proposed Secondary Vocational School, Queenstown Neighbourhood IV. 
9. 51 m.s. Dunearn Road Primary and Secondary School. 
10. Queenstown Neighbourhood V proposed school. 
11. Queenstown Neighbourhood II proposed school. 
12. Queenstown Neighbourhood III proposed school. 
13. Old Kallang Airport Proposed Secondary Vocational School. 
14. Joo Avenue proposed school. 
15. Jalan Kembangan proposed primary school. 
16. Kim Keat Road proposed primary school. 
17. Tanjong Rhu proposed 4 stream primary school. 
18. Mountbatten/ Wilkinson Road Secondary School. 
19. Swiss Cottage / Dunearn Road Primary and Secondary School. 
20. Four Storey Secondary Technical School at Ngee Ann Kongsi, Balestier 
Hill. 
21. Dunman/Haig Roads Proposed Secondary School. 
22. Secondary Grammar School at 121 m.s. Jurong Road. 
23. Alexandra Hill proposed primary school. 
24. Serangoon Garden Estate Secondary Technical School. 
25. Blakang Mati proposed primary school. 
26. Bukit Ho Swee East School. 
27. Singapore Airport New terminal building and grounds. 
63. In July the Prime Minister launched a tree planting campaign with 
the intention that there should be at least 10,000 trees planted annually by 
Government. Private sectors of the community were also to be encouraged to 
plant more trees. The assistance of the Botanic Gardens was solicited and a 
booklet entitled A Guide to Tree Planting was prepared and published in 
English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil, selling at fifty cents per copy. In the final 
six months of the year, Government planted over 6,000 saplings, most of 
which were raised by the Botanic Gardens. Acknowledgement is gratefully 
made to the Superintendent Waterfall Gardens, Penang, who supplied a 
quantity of seed and seedlings to the Botanic Gardens to assist in meeting 
the large demand for planting material. 
64. Much casual and specific information was sought by the public and 
by commercial organisations on a wide variety of botanical and horticultural 
matters, and on economic plant products. 
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