On 1st April, 2006, we accompanied our elder son Chin Yih, daughter-in-law Jeek Yin and 14-month-old granddaughter Chin Jean on a day trip to the Central Catchment Nature Reserve of Singapore to walk the TreeTop Trail.

Before Singapore became a British colony in the early 19th century, the island was almost completely covered with lowland dipterocarp forest. Between 1820 and 1870, vast tracts of the pristine rainforest were cleared for cultivation. By 1882, less than ... (more)