ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
None of this would have been possible without Joseph Lai. His quiet untiring leadership, motivational insights and touching poetry inspired and moved us all to action.
Joe would like to acknowledge the following for their deep contributions to finding out more and telling others about Chek Jawa ...
Prof. Teh Tiong Sa (NIE) - for your expert guidance and advice in formulating the survey methology with us, and his fatherly words of encouragement. Thank you for being a great teacher and friend to all of us.
Ms Yap Hui Boon (NIE) - for your great enthusiasm and hard work both on and off the field and making the survey a sweet success. Thanks too to team of NIE students who came to help during the survey.
Prof Benito Tan (NUS) - for allowing us to deposit specimens of seaweeds and sea grasses into SINU Herbarium (NUS) and providing the material and facility to mount and dry the specimens. Most of all, thank you for soliciting expert help from visiting Prof. Liao for us.
Prof Lawrence Liao (USC, Philippines) - for your enthusiasm and kindly help in coming along to our survey, and providing the invaluable identification of seaweeds and sea grasses for us. Much thanks for providing a report/list of his findings too.
Dr. Kumaran Raju - for his constant encouragement and eagerness to help, and for mapping chek jawa for us.
N. Sivasothi (NUS) - for your generous advice and assistance. Much thanks to your insatiable enthusiasm and energy for Chek Jawa, we have ample webspace to put up our numerous sites and galleries. Thanks also to you, the fabulous article you did in Asian Geographic, published in Sept 2001; and for allowing us to deposit our fauna specimens in RMBR (NUS).
Alan Yeo (Photographer) - for your generousity of time, enthusiasm and patience, and for your beautiful photography of animals and plants which graced the Asian Geographic article and will continue to bring the wonders of Chek Jawa to others through the on-going exhibitions of Chek Jawa.
Chris Lee (Asian Geographic Journal) - for your generosity and enthusiasm in providing us an ample 14-page reporting of Chek Jawa in your beautiful nature journal, Asian Geographic. Thank you also for allowing us the opportunity to host a 2-day exhibition of Chek Jawa at Suntec City in conjunction with World Animal Day, Sept 2001 and providing posters for the on-going exhibitions of Chek Jawa in other locations.
Vilma, Beng Chiak, Lea Wee, Loong Fah, Jen Lee - for your individual efforts in securing news coverage of the English and Chinese Press in the early days of discovering Chek Jawa, as well as TV networks that provide extensive coverage and viewership of Chek Jawa.
Earth-worms - my heartfelt thanks for your great enthusiasm, sharing the pain and hardwork in the field, as well as the lighter moments of laughter and camaraderie in doing what we all believe in. The knowledge of Chek Jawa that had been accumulated is in no small measure accomplished by your sacrifices and love for Chek Jawa.
Eric Lim - for enthusiasm in documenting on video our efforts and ideas, and the beauty of Chek Jawa.
Audrey Lau - for logistical support, and for sharing her quiet in-sights that challenge us in the right direction.
Ria Tan - Last but not least, thanks and big hugs for big sister, Ria, whose tremendous out-pouring of energy and love for Chek Jawa, gave impetus to everything that is possible in our combined effort for Chek Jawa. Much thanks for the expert and efficient uploading of internal sites to promote Chek Jawa in the most wonderful way possible.
None of this would have been possible without Joseph Lai. His quiet untiring leadership, motivational insights and touching poetry inspired and moved us all to action.
Joe would like to acknowledge the following for their deep contributions to finding out more and telling others about Chek Jawa ...
Prof. Teh Tiong Sa (NIE) - for your expert guidance and advice in formulating the survey methology with us, and his fatherly words of encouragement. Thank you for being a great teacher and friend to all of us.
Ms Yap Hui Boon (NIE) - for your great enthusiasm and hard work both on and off the field and making the survey a sweet success. Thanks too to team of NIE students who came to help during the survey.
Prof Benito Tan (NUS) - for allowing us to deposit specimens of seaweeds and sea grasses into SINU Herbarium (NUS) and providing the material and facility to mount and dry the specimens. Most of all, thank you for soliciting expert help from visiting Prof. Liao for us.
Prof Lawrence Liao (USC, Philippines) - for your enthusiasm and kindly help in coming along to our survey, and providing the invaluable identification of seaweeds and sea grasses for us. Much thanks for providing a report/list of his findings too.
Dr. Kumaran Raju - for his constant encouragement and eagerness to help, and for mapping chek jawa for us.
N. Sivasothi (NUS) - for your generous advice and assistance. Much thanks to your insatiable enthusiasm and energy for Chek Jawa, we have ample webspace to put up our numerous sites and galleries. Thanks also to you, the fabulous article you did in Asian Geographic, published in Sept 2001; and for allowing us to deposit our fauna specimens in RMBR (NUS).
Alan Yeo (Photographer) - for your generousity of time, enthusiasm and patience, and for your beautiful photography of animals and plants which graced the Asian Geographic article and will continue to bring the wonders of Chek Jawa to others through the on-going exhibitions of Chek Jawa.
Chris Lee (Asian Geographic Journal) - for your generosity and enthusiasm in providing us an ample 14-page reporting of Chek Jawa in your beautiful nature journal, Asian Geographic. Thank you also for allowing us the opportunity to host a 2-day exhibition of Chek Jawa at Suntec City in conjunction with World Animal Day, Sept 2001 and providing posters for the on-going exhibitions of Chek Jawa in other locations.
Vilma, Beng Chiak, Lea Wee, Loong Fah, Jen Lee - for your individual efforts in securing news coverage of the English and Chinese Press in the early days of discovering Chek Jawa, as well as TV networks that provide extensive coverage and viewership of Chek Jawa.
Earth-worms - my heartfelt thanks for your great enthusiasm, sharing the pain and hardwork in the field, as well as the lighter moments of laughter and camaraderie in doing what we all believe in. The knowledge of Chek Jawa that had been accumulated is in no small measure accomplished by your sacrifices and love for Chek Jawa.
Eric Lim - for enthusiasm in documenting on video our efforts and ideas, and the beauty of Chek Jawa.
Audrey Lau - for logistical support, and for sharing her quiet in-sights that challenge us in the right direction.
Ria Tan - Last but not least, thanks and big hugs for big sister, Ria, whose tremendous out-pouring of energy and love for Chek Jawa, gave impetus to everything that is possible in our combined effort for Chek Jawa. Much thanks for the expert and efficient uploading of internal sites to promote Chek Jawa in the most wonderful way possible.
Text summary
of the survey
Or click on parts of the big picture for close-ups and brief overview of the steps
Preliminary results
of the survey
Vegetative cover results
Prof Teh's article
on geomorphology of Chek Jawa
other pages on chek jawa
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