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  Bukit Timah Nature Reserve: on wildsingapore
Bukit Timah was one of the first reserves established in 1883.
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve: A precious remnant of Primary Rainforest on Nick Baker's ecologyasia: an introduction to the Park with photos and details on what you can see and facts on facilities and getting there.
Bukit Timah Planning Report 1996 from the URA Land Use and Urban Design Planning Development Guide Plans website: for the entire area the historical background, planning analysis, vision and objectives, and proposals.
www.wildsingapore.com /places/btnr.htm   (982 words)

  
 Asia Travel : Map of Bukit Timah Shopping Centre (S) 588179
Bukit Timah is considered the most expensive district in Singapore.
For some greeneries, head to Bukit Timah Nature Reserve or Botanical Gardens which is a perfect place to exercise or take a stroll.
Raffles Town Club or Swiss Club offers recreation activities for social, family and business or for some excitement, head to Bukit Timah Saddle Club to try Horseback-riding.
www.streetdirectory.com /asia_travel/travel/travel_id_1079/travel_site_107047   (269 words)

  
  Bukit Timah Nature Reserve - a precious remnant of primary rainforest
Located in the centre-west of Singapore is a hill called Bukit Timah; with an official height of 164 metres or 538 feet this is the highest point in the country.
The Bukit Timah Nature Reserve now stands totally cut off from the bulk of Singapore's regenerating secondary forest by a six-lane road development.
Despite the negative effects of recent urban development in the area, the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve still stands as a microcosm of this amazing diversity.
www.ecologyasia.com /html-loc/bukit-timah.htm   (1413 words)

  
  Singapore Real Estate : Property2u.com
Bukit Timah, also known as District 11, is one of the premium locations within the island city-state of Singapore.
Bukit Timah is also an area that houses many expensive landed properties as well as high rise condominiums.
Bukit Timah is also the name of a hill in Singapore.
singapore.property2u.com /history.php?point=Bukit_Timah.html   (89 words)

  
  Bukit Timah
Bukit Timah, also known as District 11, is one of the premium locations within the island city-state of Singapore.
Bukit Timah is also an area that houses many expensive landed properties as well as high rise condominiums.
Bukit Timah is also the name of a hill in Singapore.
www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/b/bu/bukit_timah.html   (104 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Bukit Gombak
Bukit Gombak is a neighborhood in the west-central area of the Southeast Asian city-state of Singapore.
Bukit Batok is a neighbourhood in the city-state of Singapore.
Bukit Gombak is not administered as a HDB new town nor thought of separately from the immediate neighbourhood of Bukit Batok, and thus its boundaries are not well-defined.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bukit-Gombak   (246 words)

  
 Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
The Bukit Timah Nature Reserve is a small 1.64 square kilometre site near the geographic centre of the main island in Singapore, about 12 kilometres from downtown.
The name "Bukit Timah" is borrowed from the tallest hill found in the area of the same name, which is also the tallest geographical location in all of Singapore.
The Bukit Timah Nature Reserve itself is amongst the earliest forest reserves established in Singapore, having been accorded that status since 1883.
www.paleorama.com /Lakes-B/Bukit_Timah_Nature_Reserve.php   (314 words)

  
 Japanese Invasion of Malaysia and Singapore
This was an important achievement as not only was Bukit Timah the highest point on the island (162 meters) in order to provide good views, but from Bukit Timah there were roads that led straight to the center of the city.
Bukit Timah, which dominates the arterial Bukit Timah and Dunearn Roads leading to the city, was a strategically important point for both the Allied troops and the Japanese.
To the rear was a small hut housing the ashes of Japanese soldiers killed in the Battle for Bukit Timah.
www.angelfire.com /ca2/shammons/invasion.html   (1341 words)

  
 www.myonlinetour.com - History of Bukit Timah Nature Reserve   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Bukit Timah was one of the forest reserves established in 1883.
The six-lane Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) is built in 1986, separating the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve from Central Catchment forest.
Dr David Bellamy, a renowned conservationist, once pointed out that the number of plant species growing in the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve is more than that in the whole of North America.
www.myonlinetour.com /poi/btimahill/history.htm   (288 words)

  
 National University of Singapore : Bukit Timah Campus
Built in the 1920s on a piece of land donated by the Straits Settlement Government, Bukit Timah Campus was first built to be the campus ground for Raffles College, a college for the higher education in arts and sciences.
The original design of Bukit Timah Campus was by Cyril A Farey and Graham D Dawbam of London and it was the winning design of an (British) empire-wide architectural competition in 1922.
The University of Singapore was established on 1 January 1962 and resided at Bukit Timah Campus until its shifted to the Kent Ridge Campus in 1977.
nus.edu.sg /oed/btc/history.htm   (347 words)

  
 SummitPost - Bukit Timah -- Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering
Bukit Timah (aka Bukit Timah Hill), located in central Singapore in the 164 hectare (400 acres) Bukit Timah Nature Preserve, is the highest land point on Singapore.
Although you can get higher than Bukit Timah by riding an elevator in many of the buildings in downtown Singapore, coming to the nature preserve will get you away from the city into a primary rainforest where you will be hard pressed to find any hint of civilization.
Since Bukit Timah is located just north of the equator, it is often very humid.
www.summitpost.org /parent/151240/bukit-timah.html   (1540 words)

  
 Getforme Singapore COMMUNITY ISSUES - Water Contamination at Bukit Timah Plaza 2000
Bukit Timah Plaza's management corporation is facing legal action for gross negligence in allowing sewage to contaminate the building's water supply system.
Water supply to Bukit Timah Plaza has been restored fully and the food outlets in the building allowed to re-commence their operations.
ENV and PUB would like to assure the public that the problem in Bukit Timah Plaza is an isolated incident and limited to only the condominium.
www.getforme.com /community_currentissues_others_BukTimahPlaza.htm   (715 words)

  
 Speech at Commencement Dinner 2006
Bukit Timah holds a warm spot in many alumni's hearts. I want to thank our alumni for their efforts in helping our community to re-connect with our roots. Bukit Timah will be yet another home for alumni gatherings and activities.
It is less well-known that Minister Mentor studied at the Quads there. Isn't it fitting that the only institution that bears his name is moving to Bukit Timah? The campus will develop into a hub and heart for law, public policy studies and research.
I've been to our Bukit Timah campus many times. Being close to the heart of the Botanic Gardens, the idyllic lush greenery there will help us sprout young branches and grow our extended family. Bukit Timah will re-connect and re-invigorate our NUS family.
www.nus.sg /president/speeches/2006/comm_din_3.htm   (234 words)

  
 Bukit Timah Nature Reserve - Singapore Lifestyle Wiki
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve is the only area of primary forest remaining in Singapore, this 164-hectare nature reserve offers a range of nature walks, testing jungle treks and even mountain-bike trails.
Bukit Timah has two challenging mountain-bike trails, 6kmin all, runing around the edge of the nature reserve between Chestnut Avenue and Rifle Range Road.
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve was last modified 21:00, 16 November 2006 and has been accessed 1,111 times.
www.lifestylewiki.com /Singapore/Bukit_Timah_Nature_Reserve   (357 words)

  
 Bukit Timah   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Bukit Timah hill or Tin Hill, the forest covered granite outcrop which stands at 525 feet high is the country’s tallest hill.
Unless one wants to feed the mosquitoes, he or she must be equipped with insect repellent, a cap and sufficient water.
Though it is a protected reserve, Bukit Timah’s survival is threatened because of the characteristics of the giant trees there.
library.thinkquest.org /27521/BKT.htm   (275 words)

  
 Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
The history of Bukit Timah as a Nature Reserve is a little more recent than this, but still stretches back into the last century.
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve plays a important role in Singapore life.
I hope that this webpage will stimulate the reader's interest in Bukit Timah Nature Reserve and encourage the reader to return to explore the riches for himself.
members.tripod.com /~tchs981h08/bukit   (167 words)

  
 NUS: Faculty of Law - Bukit Timah Campus
To better cater to our growing student numbers and developmental plans, the Faculty is moving back to the historic and charming Bukit Timah Campus – our original home when we were part of the NUS’s predecessor institutions, the University of Malaya and the University of Singapore.
The Bukit Timah Campus is surrounded by the Botanic Gardens and the Ministry of Education’s School of Physical Education.
We are projected to move to Bukit Timah in June 2006.
law.nus.edu.sg /btc/btcmove.htm   (222 words)

  
 Cyberfair 2005 :|: Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
The main purpose of the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve was to preserve Singapore's primary rainforest, and this has lasted all to way from 1883 until the present.
This means that a large proportion of the forest within the reserve is still intact, free from the intervention of man, and thus this is one of the few places in Singapore where one can have a look into the past, back to a time when man had not interfered with the laws of nature.
One of the main attractions in the nature reserve is Bukit Timah hill, standing at 164m, is the tallest hill in Singapore.
itclub.vs.moe.edu.sg /cyberfair2005/btnr.htm   (397 words)

  
 NUS: Faculty of Law - Bukit Timah Campus
On 17 July 2006, the NUS Faculty of Law moved back to the Bukit Timah Campus – our original home when we were part of the NUS’s predecessor institutions, the University of Malaya and the University of Singapore.
The Faculty had its home in Bukit Timah from its early inception in 1956 as a Department of Law in the then University of Malaya.
Bukit Timah Campus to belong to NUS; its law and business schools to move there
www.law.nus.edu.sg /btc/index.htm   (249 words)

  
 Top 20 Encyclopedia
The Bukit Timah Nature Reserve is a small 1.64 square kilometre nature reserve near the geographic centre of the city-state of Singapore, located on the slopes of Bukit Timah Hill and parts of the surrounding area.
Naturists also treasure Bukit Timah for its variety of plants and animals.
Bukit means hill in the Malay language, while Timah is believed to mean tin, although tin deposits are not found in the area.
encyc.connectonline.com /index.php/Bukit_Timah_Nature_Reserve   (438 words)

  
 SMU - eNewsletter October 2005
From a cozy two-storey building at Evans, we moved to the historic Bukit Timah campus in the new academic year of 2001.
From a campus with a single storey library the size of two classrooms, we moved to one at the Bukit Timah campus with a library three stories high, complete with project rooms and a café.
And no matter where you are - whether you're at the Bukit Timah campus or the city campus, whether you're in Singapore or in China, whether you're students or alumni, you are SMU.
www.smu.edu.sg /news_room/smuhub/oct2005/microsite/Esprit_01_farewellbukittimah.html   (462 words)

  
 Land Transport Authority - What's New :: Content   (Site not responding. Last check: )
As part of the upgrading of Upper Bukit Timah Road, a stretch of Upper Bukit Timah Road, from Jalan Jurong Kechil to the slip road in front of COURTS, will be converted to a two-way traffic scheme on 15 June 2003 at 3.00pm.
The conversion of this stretch of Upper Bukit Timah Road, from a one-way traffic to a two-way traffic scheme, will help to improve the traffic movement around the area and provide motorists with added convenience, as they can now access the shopping area via the new slip road from Jalan Anak Bukit.
Motorists travelling from Clementi Road towards Upper Bukit Timah Road, in the direction of Woodlands, and vice versa can use the underpass and flyover at Jalan Anak Bukit for an uninterrupted travel.
app.lta.gov.sg /corp_press_content.asp?start=773   (260 words)

  
 Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Singapore. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
Bukit Timah Road shoots northwest from the junction of Selegie and Serangoon roads, arriving 8km later at the faceless town of BUKIT TIMAH, and then on to Singapore's last remaining pocket of primary rainforest, which now comprises Bukit Timah Nature Reserve (daily 7am–7pm; free).
Tigers roamed the area in the mid-eighteenth century, but now the 81-hectare reserve provides a refuge for the dwindling numbers of species still extant in Singapore – only 25 types of mammal now inhabit the island.
Bus #171 passes down Somerset and Scotts roads en route to Bukit Timah Reserve, while the #961 can be picked up on North Bridge Road, South Bridge Road or New Bridge Road; a third option is to take the #170 from the Ban San terminal on Queen Street.
www.hostelbookers.com /guides/singapore/bukit_timah_nature_reserve   (214 words)

  
 Hotels in Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Singapore
Bukit Timah Reserve, while the #170 from the junction of mammal now comprises Bukit Timah Reserve, while the area in the #170 from the 81-hectare reserve provides a third option is to take the mid-eighteenth century, but now inhabit the informative Visitor Centre (daily 7am-7pm; free).
Bus #171 passes down Somerset and Scotts roads en route to Singapore's last remaining pocket of BUKIT TIMAH, and birds like the faceless town of species still extant in the mid-eighteenth century, but now inhabit the 81-hectare reserve provides a third option is to Bukit Timah Hill.
Bus #171 passes down Somerset and birds like the area in the junction of Bukit Timah Hill.
www.hotel-database.co.uk /guide.php?location=3475   (129 words)

  
 singapore bukit timah nature reserve: is our oldest forest dying?
Trees died of old age but the many birds and animals of the forest, along with the wind and insects, ensured that seeds were being continuously dispersed and therefore new trees would take the place of the old.
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve has, with the opening of the Bukit Timah Expressway, become a more isolated fragment of primary forest in Singapore, cut off from the patches of secondary forest that it was once vitally linked to.
The Bukit Timah plot is located just off the Catchment and Tiup Tiup Paths and it was at this location that our team of five converged for the second census in November of 1995.
habitatnews.nus.edu.sg /pub/naturewatch/text/a061c.htm   (1101 words)

  
 Channelnewsasia.com - Singapore General Election 2001
The Bukit Timah single-member constituency holds a unique place in the 2001 General Election -- it is the only ward to see a three-cornered contest.
The ward, carved out of the former Bukit Timah GRC, is a mix of HDB flats and private housing in Clementi, Toh Yi and Toh Guan.
All three candidates say they welcome the challenge to battle for the hearts and minds of the people in the run-up to November 3.
www.channelnewsasia.com /cna/ge/profiles/constituencies/bukittimah.htm   (369 words)

  
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