Dr Leong Chee Chiew helped secure Unesco World Heritage status for the Botanic Gardens.
Dr Leong Chee Chiew, the former NParks commissioner of parks and recreation, led efforts that transformed Singapore into a "City in Nature".
He assumed the role of NParks’ commissioner of parks and recreation in 2006, serving for 18 years until January 2024. He had stepped down as deputy CEO in August 2020. Paying tribute, former Nature Society president Shawn Lum said: “I liken Dr Leong to Bruce Wayne in the Bat Cave, picking up the Bat Phone and calling allies in his quest to do what was right for nature and for people in Singapore.”
Under Dr Leong’s charge, a City in Nature was created with more than 7,800ha of green spaces and 380km of park connectors and trails linking Singapore’s core habitats to one another.
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