58. During the past five years the Department has advised 164 schools 
on planting schemes, supplied materials for planting and advice. In a 
distressing number of instances, headmasters have come back for further 
material because what had been planted had been allowed to die. The number 
of schools with compounds and playing fields will continue to increase, and 
it is evident that the Ministry of Education will have to organise a body of 
its own to give guidance to schools on the development and upkeep 01 
compounds and playing fields, and perhaps venture into the providing of 
vocational and technical training in simple horticulture. The current practice 
of coming to the Botanic Gardens for advice and the recurrent requests for 
replacement planting material is becoming too great for the Gardens resources. 
While the Department will continue to do what it can, appreciably better 
service to schools could be given by a horticultural section of the Ministry of 
Education which could look to the Gardens for assistance and with which the 
Gardens would only deal. 
59. Planting schemes and/or horticultural advice were also given to: 
(1) Singapore Conference Hall — Trade Union House, Shenton Way. 
(2) Superintendent of Prisons for the Medium Security Prison, Moon 
Crescent, Changi. 
(3) Work Brigade Youth Leadership Training Centre, Buona Vista 
Road. 
(4) Kim Chuan Sewerage Treatment Station. 
(5) Land Office re Y.W.C. A. Hostel, Fort Canning. 
(6) Nee Soon Community Centre. 
(7) General Hospital. 
(8) Director of Posts re compounds of new posts offices. 
(9) P.W.D. Roads Division on the establishment of a nursery to raise 
tree seedlings. 
(10) Public Health Training Centre at College Road. 
(11) Superintendent, Mount Vernon Crematoria. 
(12) Thomson Road General Hospital, new School for Nurses. 
(13) Kallang Community Centre. 
(14) Woodlands Old People’s Home. 
(15) Red Cross Home, Tanah Rata. 
(16) Fort Canning Home for Girls. 
(17) Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Outram Road. 
(18) Ministry of Defence re military recreation club. 
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