The River Safari ground-breaking ceremony was held at one of the development
sites fronting the Upper Seletar Reservoir. The ceremony was attended by (from
left to right) Guest-of-Honour Mr S Iswaran, Senior Minister of State for Trade
and Industry and Education, Ms Aw Kah Peng, CEO, Singapore Tourism Board, Ms
Claire Chiang, Chairperson, Wildlife Reserves Singapore and Ms Fanny Lai, Group
CEO, Wildlife Reserves Singapore. The groundbreaking was marked by a symbolic
pouring of water by all four VIPs.