The National Parks Board (NParks) is a
statutory board under the
Ministry of National Development of the
Government of Singapore
The Government of Singapore is defined by the Constitution of Singapore to mean the executive branch of the state, which is made up of the president and the Cabinet. Although the president acts in their personal discretion in the exercise ...
.
History
In November 1989,
Minister of National Development,
S. Dhanabalan
Suppiah Dhanabalan ( ta, சு. தனபாலன்; born 8 August 1937), also known as S. Dhanabalan, is a Singaporean former politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs (Singapore), Minister for Foreign Affairs between 1980 and ...
, presented the National Parks Bill in Parliament to form a body to manage the three parks,
Singapore Botanic Gardens
The Singapore Botanic Gardens is a -year-old tropical garden located at the fringe of the Orchard Road shopping district in Singapore. It is one of three gardens, and the only tropical garden, to be honoured as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Th ...
,
Fort Canning Park
Fort Canning Hill, formerly Government Hill, Singapore Hill and Bukit Larangan (''Forbidden Hill'' in Malay language, Malay), is a small hill, about high, in the southeast portion of the island city-state of Singapore, within the Central Area ...
and
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
The Bukit Timah Nature Reserve ( abbreviation: BTNR) is a nature reserve near the geographic centre of Singapore, located on the slopes of Bukit Timah Hill, the country's highest natural peak standing at a height of approximately , and parts o ...
, in Singapore.
In March 1990, Minister of State for National Development,
Lee Boon Yang
Lee Boon Yang ( zh, s=李文献, p=Lǐ Wénxiàn; born 1 October 1947) is a Singaporean a former politician who served as Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts between 2003 and 2009, Minister for Manpower between 1992 and 2003 ...
introduced the National Parks Bill in Parliament to form the National Parks Board as a statutory board.
On 6 June 1990, the National Parks Board was formed to manage the three parks.
On 1 July 1996, the Parks and Recreation Department was merged with the National Parks Board.
Since 1 April 2019, all non-food plant and animal-related functions originally under the
Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore
The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) was a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development that regulated food safety, safeguarded animal and plant health, and facilitated the agri-food and fisheries trade secto ...
were transferred to NParks under Animal and Veterinary Service (AVS) as part of a reorganisation.
See also
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List of parks in Singapore
There are numerous parks throughout the sovereign island country of Singapore. This is a list of parks in Singapore that are currently existing and have articles on Wikipedia. Parks in Singapore are managed by the National Parks Board or NParks ...
References
External links
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Centre for Urban Greenery and EcologyGarden City Fund
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1996 establishments in Singapore
Statutory boards of the Singapore Government
Parks in Singapore
Regulation in Singapore