Facts & Figures FY2022
National Day Awards
Note: Staff appointments indicated on this page are accurate as of
when the Awards were announced.
Public Administration
Medal (Silver)
Ms Sophianne Mohamad Araib
Group Director / Parks Central & Horticulture and Community Gardening
Parks Central
Public Administration
Medal (Bronze)
Ms Jacqueline Teo
Director / Garden City Fund
Communications and Community Engagement
Dr Thereis Choo
Coordinating Director / Living Collections and Facilities Management & Centre Director / Forest Discovery Centre
Singapore Botanic Gardens
Dr Lim Zhi Jian, Kelvin
Director / Biorisk and Biosurveillance & Quarantine and Biosecurity Services & Science and Technology Planning
Veterinary Health
Ms Ow Siew Ngim
Director / Streetscape (South West) & Ops Tech
Streetscape
Commendation Medal
Mr Choo Guoping Mark
Assistant Curator / National Orchid Garden
Singapore Botanic Gardens
Mr Hong Zhongzhi
Senior Manager / Community in Bloom
Horticulture and Community Gardening
Ms Lai Simin
Deputy Director / Horticulture
Singapore Botanic Gardens
Mr Matthias Ang
Deputy Director / Investigations
Enforcement
Mr Seah Hong Meng
Deputy Director / Development Management
Parks Development
Ms Wendy Sng Beng Guat
Deputy Director
Veterinary Health
Mr Xia Yixuan
Senior Manager / Emergency Planning & Risk Management
Corporate Strategy and Planning Division
Ms Xie Renhui
Deputy Director / International Relations
Wildlife Management
Efficiency Medal
Mr Azlin bin Mohd Noor
@Yazid bin Mohd Noor
Senior Executive / Jurong Lake Gardens Development
Jurong Lake Gardens
Mr Goh Sze Pu Joshua
Senior Officer / Facilities
Corporate Services
Mr Izzul Haq bin Abdullah
Manager / Nursery Management
Horticulture and Community Gardening
Ms Lim Mui Hiang Pamela
Senior Manager
Community Animal Management
Ms Seri Hayuni binte Hadi
Senior Executive / Education
Singapore Botanic Gardens
Ms Sheralee binte Mohamed Saniff
Manager / Greenery and Development Planning
Policy & Planning
Long Service Medal
Mr Aminurashid bin Eksan
Manager / CUGE
Industry & CUGE
Ms Chan Yang Sun
Senior Executive / Communications
Communications and Community Engagement
Ms Koh Seok Lan Jeanette
Senior Executive / Development Management
Parks Development
Mr Mishak bin Shunari
Senior Officer / Conservation
Conservation
Mr Mohamad Ali bin Amat
Senior Executive / Park Planning
Policy & Planning
Mr Mohamad Idrus bin Mohamad Noor
Senior Officer / Streetscape
Streetscape
Mr Mohammad Budiman bin Jamail
Acting Deputy Director / Facilities
Corporate Services
Mr Shahrizal bin Sidi
Principal Ranger / Tactical
Enforcement
Mr Shamril bin Jamil
Director / CUGE (Manpower Development)
Industry & CUGE
Mr Soh Swee Meng
Senior Officer / Conservation
Conservation
Awards and Accolades
Excellent Service Award 2022
Attractions
4 Star, 1 Gold and 1 Silver
May Day Awards 2023
Model Worker
Mr Peter Tan Poh Tai
Executive / Security Management
Singapore Botanic Gardens
IT Awards
Recognition of Excellence Award
Singapore Recognition of Excellence (Public Sector) 2022
Use of Sensors for Safe Distancing Operations
Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award
Awarded in recognition for the development of the SafeDist@Parks portal in response to Covid-19
IDC Future Enterprise Awards 2022
Best in Future of Work (Singapore)
Digitalisation of Parks, Greenery & Biodiversity and Conservation Management
Commendation for the Great Companies for Dads Awards 2023
MND Minister’s Award
Ecological Profiling Exercise
Development of Round Island Route (Phase 1)
Leveraging Technologies to Enhance Singapore’s Border Biosurveillance
Animal Quarantine Centre, Home Quarantine Technology and Border Inspection
Municipal Services Awards 2022
Community Category
Developing Bukit Gombak Park with the Community
Individual Category
Cheryl Wong Yoke Keng
Manager / Community Animal Management Operations
Community Animal Management
CUGE Training Programmes
The Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology (CUGE) was established by NParks as a regional centre of excellence to advance an urban and green living environment, and a one-stop training and knowledge hub in urban greenery and ecology.
Workforce Skills Qualification
(WSQ) Courses
WSQ Courses for Landscape Workers (Level 1)
- Plant Health Management and Disease Control
- Plant Identification
- Plant Pruning
WSQ Courses for Landscape Technicians (Level 2)
- Chainsaw Operation and Maintenance
- Hazards and Risk Control, and Policy Management*
- Horticultural Chemical Usage*
- Plant Health Management and Disease Control*
- Plant Propagation and Production
- Plant Pruning*
- Soil and Media Assessment and Remediation
- Tree Health Management
- Tree Pruning
- Tree Climbing and Aerial Rescues
- Turf Maintenance*
WSQ Courses for Landscape Supervisors (Level 3)
- Hazards and Risk Control, and Policy Management
- Plant Health Management and Disease Control
- Plant Identification
- Soil and Media Assessment and Remediation
WSQ Courses for Landscape Managers (Level 4)
- Budgeting
- Environmental Management in Landscape Operations
- Hazards and Risk Control, and Policy Management
- Horticultural Chemical Usage
- Horticultural Maintenance Programme
- Plant Health Management and Disease Control
- Project Management
Workshops
- Animal Population Density Modelling using the Random Encounter Model (REM)
- Canine Training and Behaviour Workshop (for Private Trainers)
- Chainsaw Operations and Maintenance (Refresher)
- Developing and Adapting Therapeutic Horticulture Activities for Multiple Client Groups
- Formative Pruning for Young Trees
- Handling Public Feedback with Poise (for NParks officers)
- How to Develop Inclusive Nature Play Programmes
- Landscape Safety Orientation Programme (Bengali)
- Landscape Safety Orientation Programme (English)
- Landscape Safety Orientation Programme (Tamil)
- Mountain Bike Trail Workshop
- Odonata Species of Singapore — Ecology
- Resistance Drilling Equipment
- Therapeutic Horticulture for Seniors
- Tree Climbing and Aerial Rescue (Refresher)
- Tree Failure Profiling for Common Wayside Trees in Singapore
- Tree Felling
- Tree Inspection — Advanced
- Tree Inspection — The Basics
- Trees & Construction — Understanding The Arboriculture Impact
* Programmes with Assessment Only Pathway (AOP) option
Certification Programmes
- Animal Management Professional Certification Programme (Basic Module)
- Animal Health Professional Certification Programme
- Animal Management Intermediate Elective (Dog Module)
- Animal Management PCP Intermediate Elective (Mammal Module)
- Animal Welfare and Behaviour
- Certificate for Basic Plant Recognition (Module 1 to 6)
- Certificate in Field Epidemiology (Veterinary & Animal Health)
- Certified Playground Safety Inspector Examination
- Certified Practising Horticulturist (CPH)*
- Dog Welfare Assessment Skills Cert
- ISA Certified Arborist Preparatory Programme
- ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ) Renewal programme
- Skyrise Greenery Certification Programme Part 1
Seminar/Webinar &
International Programmes
- Animal Management PCP Intermediate Elective — Wildlife Management in Development
- City EXCEL Programme (CLC-CUGE)
- Managing Nature in Developments
- SMU-Pakistani Programme
- Tree Decay — The Fundamentals
- Tree Inspection — Failure Documentation & Analysis
- Tropical Tree Identification, Biology & Physiology
- URA-Integrated Land Use Planning Course (ILUP)
Regional Parks
Maintained by NParks
| REGIONAL PARK NAME | MAINTAINED AREA (HA) |
|---|---|
| Admiralty Park | 25.67 |
| Ang Mo Kio Linear Park | 6.24 |
| Ang Mo Kio Town Garden East | 4.88 |
| Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West | 20.63 |
| Ann Siang Hill Park | 0.32 |
| Armenian Street | 0.35 |
| Bedok Reservoir Park | 36.14 |
| Bedok Town Park | 13.66 |
| Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park | 62.00 |
| Bukit Batok Nature Park | 35.74 |
| Bukit Batok Town Park | 41.60 |
| Bukit Timah Nature Reserve | 162.64 |
| Central Catchment Nature Reserve | 455.00 |
| Changi Beach Park | 28.85 |
| Chestnut Nature Park | 81.00 |
| Choa Chu Kang Park | 10.41 |
| Clementi Woods Park | 11.48 |
| Coney Island Interim Park | 33.30 |
| Coney Island Park | 43.50 |
| Dairy Farm Nature Park | 75.32 |
| Dhoby Ghaut Green | 1.00 |
| Duxton Plain Park | 1.28 |
| East Coast Park | 179.21 |
| Empress Place | 1.52 |
| Esplanade Park | 2.62 |
| Fort Canning Park | 22.61 |
| Hampstead Wetlands Park | 3.23 |
| Handy Road Open Space | 0.27 |
| Hindhede Nature Park | 9.90 |
| Hong Lim Park | 1.28 |
| HortPark (including Pasir Panjang Nursury) | 24.04 |
| Istana Park | 1.29 |
| Jurong Central Park | 7.98 |
| Jurong Lake Gardens | 84.69 |
| Kallang Riverside Park | 5.16 |
| Kent Ridge Park | 48.40 |
| Kranji Marshes Park | 56.29 |
| Kranji Reservoir Park | 4.13 |
| Labrador Nature Reserve and Park | 23.26 |
| Lower Peirce Reservoir Park | 10.00 |
| Lower Seletar Reservoir Park | 6.98 |
| MacRitchie Reservoir | 15.00 |
| Marsiling Park | 11.35 |
| Mount Faber Park | 58.80 |
| one-north Park | 8.90 |
| Orchard Fountain Corner | 0.06 |
| Pasir Panjang Park | 1.07 |
| Pasir Ris Park | 73.39 |
| Pasir Ris Town Park | 12.06 |
| Pearl's Hill City Park | 8.50 |
| Penang Rd Open Space | 0.49 |
| Pulau Ubin | 1005.91 |
| Punggol Park | 16.86 |
| Punggol Waterway Park | 12.25 |
| Raffles Place Park | 0.88 |
| Rail Corridor | 75.37 |
| Rifle Range Nature Park | 65.70 |
| Sembawang Hot Spring Park | 1.12 |
| Sembawang Park | 15.58 |
| Sengkang Riverside Park | 20.98 |
| Singapore Botanic Gardens | 82.00 |
| Sisters' Islands Marine Park | 47.68 |
| Springleaf Nature Park | 18.28 |
| Sun Plaza Park | 9.60 |
| Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve | 193.31 |
| Tampines Eco-Green | 36.61 |
| Telok Ayer Green Park | 0.11 |
| Telok Ayer Park | 0.49 |
| Telok Blangah Hill Park | 36.88 |
| Tiong Bahru Park | 3.33 |
| Thomson Nature Park | 51.17 |
| Toa Payoh Town Park | 4.91 |
| Tras Link Park | 0.47 |
| Upper Peirce Reservoir Park | 4.00 |
| Upper Seletar Reservoir Park | 15.00 |
| War Memorial Park | 1.74 |
| Waterboat House Garden | 0.07 |
| West Coast Park | 50.13 |
| Windsor Nature Park | 60.00 |
| Woodlands Town Park East | 5.04 |
| Woodlands Waterfront Park | 11.22 |
| Yishun Park | 13.22 |
| Youth Olympic Park | 0.66 |
| Zhenghua Park | 17.30 |
| TOTAL | 3,711.10* |
* Subject to rounding adjustments
| NUMBER OF REGIONAL PARKS MANAGED BY NPARKS |
|---|
| 84 |
| NUMBER OF NEIGHBOURHOOD PARKS MANAGED BY NPARKS |
|---|
| 320 |
| TOTAL AREA MAINTAINED | AREA (HA) |
|---|---|
| Parks, playgrounds, open spaces, fitness corners and park connectors** | 3,235.62 |
| Nature reserves (Gazetted) | 3,347 |
| Istana and Parliament House Grounds | 42 |
| Roadside Greenery | 2,102.35 |
| State land taken over as at Mar 2023*** | 4,330.14 |
| TOTAL MILEAGE OF THE PARK CONNECTORS MAINTAINED IS 380KM |
|---|
Plant Health
| IMPORT, PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS | |
|---|---|
| Import permits issued | 50,334 |
| Post-entry inspections conducted | 850 |
Animal Health & Welfare
| LICENCES, PERMITS, AND HEALTH CERTIFICATES ISSUED FOR ANIMAL IMPORTS |
|---|
| Animals (excluding livestock) | 5,534 |
| Biologics | 306 |
| Birds | 148 |
| Eggs for research | 0 |
| Products (blood, sera, urine, clinical specimens) |
1,388 |
| Ornamental fish (export health certificates) |
3,621 |
| Ornamental fish (import permits) | 5,522 |
| TOTAL | 16,892 |
| LICENSING VETERINARIANS AND VETERINARY CENTRES |
|---|
| Number of veterinarians | 540 |
| Number of veterinary centres | 115 |
| GRADING OF PET SHOPS | |
|---|---|
| Grade A | 291 |
| Grade B | 9 |
| Grade C | 3 |
| Grade D | 0 |
| Not graded**** | 63 |
| DOG LICENSING AND ENFORCEMENT | |
|---|---|
| Dog licenses issued | ~88,000 |
| New licenses | ~15,500 |
| Renewed licenses (includes multi-year licenses) |
~72,500 |
| TYPES OF ANIMAL DISEASE SURVEYED IN LOCAL FARMS | |
|---|---|
|
Captive bird farms surveyed
|
3 |
|
Ornamental fish farms surveyed
|
48 |
| ANIMAL DISEASES UNDER NPARKS BIOSURVEILLANCE PROGRAMMES |
|---|
|
**
Excludes Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve and Labrador Nature Reserve which have been computed under “Nature reserves”.
***
Greenery on vacant land taken over from agencies.
****
Newly licensed pet shops that have not been graded yet.