5-465: Central CDC Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC The Central Water Catchment , also known as the Central Catchment Area , is a designated planning area and one of the two main water catchments of Singapore. The country's main reservoirs – MacRitchie , Upper Seletar , Upper Peirce and Lower Peirce – are in the central catchment area. The Central Water Catchment lies in the geographical centre of
10-590: The Wayback Machine The National Parks Board has put up signs all over MacRitchie Reservoir teaching people on what to do when they encounter monkeys. Birds such as the white-bellied eagle can be found in the Upper Seletar Reservoir. This Singapore location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Planning Areas of Singapore Planning areas , also known as DGP areas or DGP zones , are
15-672: The 1991 Concept Plan. Since implementing these boundaries, other government ministries and departments have increasingly adopted them for administrative purposes. For example, the Statistics Department of Singapore published its 2000 census data based on planning area boundaries for the first time, compared to using census divisions based on electoral boundaries for previous exercises. The Singapore Police Force 's (SPF) neighbourhood police centres have jurisdiction boundaries based on planning area boundaries when they were officially gazetted in 1999, as opposed to electoral divisions under
20-878: The city, and is largely home to the Central Catchment Nature Reserve which houses several other recreational sites, including the Singapore Zoo , the Night Safari and the River Safari . MacRitchie Reservoir has resident animals such as birds , monkeys and monitor lizards. The HSBC Treetop Walk , a one-way suspension bridge, is a common place for birdwatchers and tourists to go. The monkeys at MacRitchie Reservoir are infamous for attacking people as they are aggressive creatures and will take any opportunity to attack people for food, self-defence or in agitation triggered by intimidation Archived 10 September 2019 at
25-479: The main urban planning and census divisions of Singapore delineated by the Urban Redevelopment Authority . There are 55 of these areas, organised into five regions . A Development Guide Plan is then drawn up for each planning area, providing detailed planning guidelines for every plot of land throughout the country. The planning areas were first introduced in the early 1990s after the release of
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