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The Draft Blue Plan, a civil society document, has been
released by the marine community for public feedback
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23 Apr 2009 - "The Draft Blue Plan is a proposal to the Government and
people of Singapore from the members and organizations that form
“International Year of the Reef (IYOR) 2008 Singapore” – interested
members of civil society concerned about the conservation and
management of Singapore’s coral reef heritage. Contributions and advice
from the leading marine biologists in Singapore have been incorporated.
It was released today at a launch at the Asian Dive Expo on
23 April 2009. Members of the Public can download a copy of the
Draft Blue Plan here: http://tinyurl.com/dbp-23apr2009
Comments and suggestions from members of public are invited.
You may email us at blueplan.singapore@... before the closing
date, 14 May 2009. The Blue Plan will presented to the Government
with the collated and edited comments in late May 2009.
Please note that blueplan.singapore@... receives emails only.
While we will give every opinion/comment due consideration, due to
human resource constraints, we are unable to respond to queries and
may not be able to include every comment into the final Blue Plan due
to editorial considerations.
Please contact the Marine Conservation Organisations Listed in
Annexes B & C of the Draft Blue Plan if you are keen to find out more
about the wide range of activites and programmes that are being organised.
We apologize for this inconvenience."
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