IV. BOTANIC GARDENS ORDINANCE AND BY-LAWS 
7. The exclusion of vehicular traffic from the Gardens from June, 1967 
has greatly enhanced the pleasure of peaceful relaxation enjoyed by visitors 
to the Gardens. Twenty watchmen were employed for day patrolling and night- 
time static duty. Two cases of wilful damage were caught red handed. In the 
first, the sundial was wrenched off its pedestal and the culprit compounded the 
offence with a payment of $30.60. In the second case, scratching on bamboo 
culms was meted with a Magistrate’s fine of $15. 
V. WORKS AND BUILDINGS 
8. The library wing of the Herbarium was constructed in the first half 
of the year and taken over on 5th September. The building consists of: 
ground floor — general preparation area; middle floor — senior officers’ work 
rooms; top floor — library. The top floor is on the same level as the middle 
floor of the existing Herbarium and the two are connected. The frame of the 
wing is designed to carry an additional floor if and when further extension is 
necessary. 
9. Road lighting and floodlighting in the Gardens were installed and 
switched on for one week in August during National Day celebrations, and 
nightly as from 23 rd November. 
10. Messrs. Favre-Leuba Watch Co. presented a floral clock to the 
Gardens and this has added a new attraction. The installation was done con- 
currently with the laying of electric cables for the Gardens lighting. Mr. Ho 
Cheng Choon, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Law and National 
Development (National Development Division), received the clock on behalf 
of the Government from Mr. H. A. Favre, Managing Director of the Watch 
Company, at an official ceremony on 12th November. 
11. Proposals for extension of the new tea kiosk referred to in the 1967 
Annual Report, para. 7, were held in abeyance pending a review by the 
Ministry of plans for a new and larger project. 
12. The P.W.D. paved the following paths: 
(1) In the rockery between the Potting Yard and the plant house. 
(2) In the rockery between Liane Road and the Potting Yard. 
(3) In Dell Rockery on Lawn F. 
(4) Through the Gardens jungle. 
13. A new plant house was built at the Potting Yard and was brought 
into use for the expanding begonia and fern collections. A soil-burning shed 
at the Potting Yard had to be closed down because of complaints from neigh- 
bouring residents about the smoke. The soil-burning clamp was removed to the 
Plant Propagation Nursery. There were also 39 garden seats built by Gardens 
resources. Ten notice boards were put up by the P.W.D. to replace the old 
boards. 
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