Division MP today confirmed a public engagement session on 30 July 7:30PM at Telok Blangah CC. 

Prior registration is mandatory: https://go.gov.sg/gbd2026  

In my opinion, it would be remiss to exclude  MSE (Ministry of  Sustainability and Environment) and I have written to MP Rachel Ong  about this. Gillman is part of the Southern Ridges; and new housing is planned up to the edge of an existing nature reserve.  See image above. Gillman used to be a 'Reserve Site' before it was rezoned for 'Residential' use in the URA Masterplan 2025. 

There are multiple forests marked for development, all happening now: Sembawang, Maju, Gillman Forests, Serangoon River Forest, and another Tengah site. Currently all engagements are led by HDB URA whose mandates are housing and urban redevelopment. NParks manages biodiversity flora/fauna conservation BUT not sustainability or climate change resilience such as urban heating, stormwater flow, windbreaks, air quality etc. Such parameters were excluded from the EIA environmental study too.

There is a critical agency stakeholder missing in the upcoming engagement, one that oversees environmental impacts beyond flora/fauna conservation such as liveability, sustainability, climate change and microclimate.

Gillman housing plans involve clearing 4 forested areas: ① on the high ridgeline of the Southern Ridges. ②③ currently form a contiguous forest with the existing nature reserve. ④ connects with ① with an elevated Canopy walkway running through. 

This really isn't an ordinary land parcel. The high ecological and heritage values warrant a nationwide discourse. In my email to the MP, I have also made a second request to consider allowing citizens/residents from across Singapore to attend the session. Currently the session is only open to residents of the TB Division: Depot, Dover, Pasir Panjang East and Telok Blangah. 

👉 Write to your MP 
👉 Register early for the engagement session!

Also read: ST article reports just 8 hectares earmarked as green spaces in the Gillman redevelopment. Based on the EIA report, Gillman's existing green spaces is currently a total of ~32 hectares (majority forests, some urban greenery/scrubland, and a forest stream).