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- ↑ National Parks Board Annual Report 2010/2011
- ↑ "Cycling". Ministry of Transport (Singapore).
- ↑ Linking People, Linking Nature: The Park Connector Network of Singapore, Lena Chan et al.
- ↑ "Newsroom, Ministry of National Development". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ↑ "Community gathers to celebrate 25 years of the Park Connector Network". National Parks Board. 20 September 2015.
- ↑ "Recreational Connectivity".