Singapore without MacRitchie?

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The boys at Heathrow

Well back after such a long time in singapore. I really enjoyed the last few days when i finally decided that i would try and see the singapore i remembered and found that it was still there. Just about. There was something a bit disturbing about what was said to me about MacRitchie. It is strange that not many Singaporeans do not know that an MRT line is going to be built across MacRitchie. This follows on from the BKE and what is happening to Bukit Brown. Now at a ramble i asked someone what will happen to MacRitchie now that we had new water and the answer was chilling. Well MacRitchie would have outlived its purpose in which case there will be nothing to stop the building over of MacRitche. EXCUSE ME?!!! I said. What are you saying, that one day there could be more MacRitchie? Well, yes. And then i thought they did that to Sentosa, of course it would be more than possible that they could do it. Singapore without MacRitchie...woweee.

That is impossible for me to contemplate. How could there be no MacRitchie? 

I dont know, i find it obscene that the government exploits the language and image of ecological and environmental integrity to sell Singapore as a green place with no irony. Singapore may be GREEN as in has lots of plants and it is greener than most built up places in the world but it has eradicated 97% of its biodiversity and it was cited by the UN as one of the greatest offenders in the destruction of biodiversity. This death by a thousand cuts to MacRitchie will be achieved without them even understanding what they had done wrong. There is something quite psychopathic, as in without understanding nor conscience, of what they have done wrong. People will say to them, but you aredestroying  one of the oldest remaining tracts of rainforests in Singapore, the little of what we have left, and their response will be ... And your point being?

Anyway, im gonna have to go now as im running outta wifi time.

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