Singapore, Nov. 14 -- In recent times, the Singapore Government's focus has been balancing environmental conservation alongside sustainable development.
However, Singapore still does not have a law mandating environmental impact assessments (EIAs).
Regardless, it is heartening to see the Government voluntarily employing EIAs in its recent projects of the Cross Island Line, Mandai hub of wildlife parks and, most recently, the new Tengah housing estate.
Following the practice of places like Hong Kong which has had an EIA regulation since 1997, Singapore should take its first step by mandating designated projects to require an EIA.
This change would make sense with the Government's designation of this year as the Year Towards Zero Wast...