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SEMINAR ON URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Singapore


Asia - Pacific Centre  for Environmental La
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GOVERNMENT OF SINGAPORE – ASIA - PACIFIC CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

Urban and Industrial Environmental Management 
Seminar–Cum–Field Trips

26 – 30 November 2001
Peninsular Hotel

Programme

Day 1, Monday, 26 November 2001
0800 hrs – 0845 hrs Registration
0845 hrs – 0900 hrs Departure for Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)
0915 hrs – 1015 hrs Opening Ceremony - MFA
Tanglin 
Singapore 248163
Welcome Address by Mr Anthony Chng
Video Presentation on the Singapore Cooperation Programme
1015 hrs – 1030 hrs  Tea Break
1030 hrs – 1045 hrs  Departure for Peninsular Hotel
Chawan Room
Level 5
Peninsular Hotel
5 Coleman Street
Singapore 179805
1045 hrs - 1100 hrs  Arrival at Peninsular Hotel
1100 hrs – 1230 hrs Session 1: Some Critical Issues in Urban and
Industrial Environmental Management 
Introductory Address: Prof KOH Kheng Lian 
Current Urban and Industrial Environmental Issues 
Resource Persons:  Dr CHIA Lin Sien
Assoc Prof LYE Lin Heng
Prof KOH Kheng Lian
Role of ASEAN in Urban and Industrial Environmental Management
Resource Person:  Prof KOH Kheng Lian
1230 hrs – 1330 hrs Lunch
1330 hrs – 1500 hrs  Session 2: Environmental Impact Assessment
(a) The Potential for Strategic Environmental 
Assessment in Asia
(b) The Effectiveness of EIA in Asia
Resource Person:  Assoc Prof Clive BRIFFETT
Chairman: Prof KOH Kheng Lian 
1500 hrs – 1515 hrs Tea Break
1515 hrs – 1615 hrs Environmental Institutions/Organisations
Environmental Institutional/Organisational Framework: An Evaluation
Resource Persons: Assoc Prof LYE Lin Heng
Prof KOH Kheng Lian
Chairman: Prof KOH Kheng Lian 
1615hrs – 1730 hrs  Session 4: Land-Use Planning 
Environmental Agenda in Land-Use Planning 
Resource Person:  Dr MALONE - LEE Lai Choo
Day 2, Tuesday, 27 November 2001
0900 hrs – 1030 hrs Session 5: Waste Management
(a) Domestic & Industrial/Commercial Wastes 
· Refuse Collection System in Singapore
· Principles of Refuse Charging
· Licensing and Control of Refuse Collectors
· Disposal of Refuse – Incineration vs Landfilling
(b) Toxic Industrial Wastes
· Strategies and Principles of Control on Generation, 
· Collection, Transportation, Treatment and Disposal
Resource Person: Assoc Prof LYE Lin Heng
Chairman: Prof KOH Kheng Lian 
1030 hrs – 1100 hrs Lunch
1100 hrs – 1145 hrs Session 6: Hazardous Waste Management (including 
Bio-Hazardous Waste) 
Mr LEONG Kwai Yin
Senior Engineer
Pollution Control Department
Ministry of Environment
1145 hrs – 1230 hrs  Session 7: Basel Convention on the Transboundary 
Resource Person: Assoc Prof R C BECKMAN
Chairman: Prof KOH Kheng Lian 
1230 hrs – 1330 hrs  Lunch
1330 hrs – 1400 hrs  Departure for Ministry of Environment (ENV)
1400 hrs – 1500 hrs Briefing on the Functions of ENV and ENV Departments 
6th Storey Training Room 2 
ENV Building
Mr Frederick KOO
Senior Engineer
Pollution Control Department
Ministry of Environment 
1500 hrs – 1515 hrs Tea Break
1515 hrs – 1545 hrs  Video on Cleaning Up of Singapore River 
Mr Frederick KOO
1545 hrs – 1615 hrs Departure for Singapore River
1615 hrs – 1730 hrs  Boat Trip on Singapore River 
All field trips are accompanied by Mr Sebastian CHUA and Prof KOH Kheng Lian.
Day 3, Wednesday, 28 November 2001
0900 hrs – 1000 hrs Session 8: Air Pollution Management – The Singapore 
Experience
(a) Control of Air Pollution from Industrial Sources
(b) Control of Air Pollution from Mobile Sources
Resource Person: Assoc Prof LYE Lin Heng 
Chairman: Prof KOH Kheng Lian 
1000 hrs – 1100 hrs  Session 9: Transport-Based Air Pollution Management
(a) Singapore’s Experience – Traffic Planning
(b) Experience of other Countries in Asia 
(Participants’ Inputs)
Break-Out Groups to discuss Air Pollution
Resource Person: Assoc Prof PHANG Sock Yong
Chairman: Prof KOH Kheng Lian 
1100 hrs – 1115 hrs  Tea Break: Participants’ Presentations
1115 hrs – 1215 hrs Resumption of Session 9 
1215 hrs – 1300 hrs  Lunch
1300 hrs – 1400 hrs Departure for Changi General Hospital
1400 hrs – 1515 hrs  Changi General Hospital
Case Study on Bio-hazardous Waste Management and an Effective Environmental Management System for Hospitals 
* Changi General Hospital is ISO 1400 certified and won the Singapore Environmental Achievement Award in 1999 
Mr TK UDAIRAM
CEO
Changi General Hospital
1515 hrs – 1600 hrs Departure for Jurong Island
1600 hrs – 1730 hrs Aerial View and Land Tour of Jurong Island
Briefing on an Integrated Approach to the Development of Jurong Island
Question and Answer Session
Ms Cybelle CHIA
Administrative Executive
Jurong Island Development Department
Jurong Town Council Corporation
Ms Susilawardant Bte ZAKARIA
Administrative Executive
Jurong Island Development Department
Jurong Town Council Corporation
All field trips are accompanied by Mr Sebastian CHUA and Prof KOH Kheng Lian.
Day 4, Thursday, 29 November 2001
0900 hrs – 1000 hrs Session 10: Wastewater Management in East and
South-East Asia
“An Overview”
Resource Person: Dr CHIA Lin Sien
1000 hrs – 1045 hrs Private-Public Partnerships in Infrastructure Development in Asia
Guest Speaker: Mr Edwin KHEW 
Executive Director
Vivendi Asia-Pacific
Chairman: Dr CHIA Lin Sien
1045 hrs – 1100 hrs Tea Break: Participants’ Presentations
1100 hrs – 1145 hrs  Interactive Session: Making Use of Wastewater and Sludge
Resource Person: Dr CHIA Lin Sien
1145 hrs – 1230 hrs Partnership among Government, Private Sector and the Community including a Discussion on Privatisation
Resource Person:  Dr CHIA Lin Sien
1230 hrs – 1330 hrs  Lunch
1330 hrs – 1400 hrs Departure for Jurong Water Reclamation Plant
1400 hrs – 1530 hrs Jurong Water Reclamation Plant 
(a) Introduction of Jurong Water Reclamation Plant 
(b) Video/Slide Presentations showing Wastewater Treatment 
(c) Question and Answer Session
(d) Refreshments 
(e) Plant Tour 
Mr YEO Khee Chye
Manager
Water Reclamation Department
Public Utilities Board 
1530 hrs – 1600 hrs Departure for Jurong Industrial Water Works 
1600 hrs – 1730 hrs  Jurong Industrial Water Works 
(a) Brief on Plant Operation
(b) Function as Industrial Water Supply
(c) Projection for Future
(d) Video/Slide Presentations showing Wastewater Treatment
(e) Site Visit
(f) Question and Answer Session
(g) Refreshments 
Mr Zurahim AHYAK
Manager 
Water Reclamation Department
Public Utilities Board
All field trips are accompanied by Mr Sebastian CHUA and Prof KOH Kheng Lian.
Day 5, Friday, 30 November 2001
0900 hrs – 1030 hrs  Session 11: Climate Change
Resource Person:  Mr Brady COLEMAN
1030 hrs – 1100 hrs  Tea Break
1100 hrs – 1130 hrs Session 12: Interactive Session: Lessons Learned and 
Future Challenges
Country Presentations by Participants
Chairman: Prof KOH Kheng Lian 
Panel of Resource Persons
1130 hrs – 1200 hrs Closing Ceremony
Closing Address by Mr Anthony CHNG
Closing Remarks by Prof KOH Kheng Lian
Presentation of Certificates
1200 hrs – 1300 hrs  Lunch

~End of Seminar~

Prof KOH Kheng Lian 
Director, Govt of Singapore – APCEL Seminar on Urban and Industrial Environmental Management
26 November 2001








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