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PURPOSE OF THE INSTITUTE
The Institute's main objectives are as follows:
- Dedicate to the advancement of urban planning
and to promote planning practice as a profession and encourage
planning consultancy work in both the public and private
sectors.
- Promote the mutual exchange of ideas
and views on planning theory and practice.
- Act as an informal professional certification
body in admitting members with appropriate qualification
and experience into the Institute.
- Promote and foster continuing education
by holding international conventions, study tours, seminars
and publications.
- Contribute expert opinions on urban &
regional planning, development guide plans and issues to
the government decision makers.
- Heighten public awareness of the important
services provided by town planners in both the private and
public sectors as well as in the regional and international
arena.
- Ensure high standards of ethics in planning
practice through its code of conduct and disciplinary provisions.
- Promotion of planning consultancy work
overseas.
ACHIEVEMENT AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
The greatest achievement of the Institute is the combined
effort of its members, who have played their part in surmounting
severe land and resource constraints to transform Singapore
into a modern and gracious city, internationally recognized
as an example of a city state with good urban planning.
The SIP will continue to nurture and advance the planning
profession, to disseminate new planning ideas and concepts
to enable its members to respond to the challenges of creating
a City of Excellence for our nation and continue to share
our 'expertise' in the regional and international arena.
The Singapore Institute of Planners
(SIP), registered in April 1971, is a professional body for
town planners in Singapore. The Institute is dedicated to
the advancement of urban planning and to promote planning
practice as a profession. The specific objectives of the Institute
are to promote and contribute towards advancement of urban
planning and planning practice as a profession and encourage
planning consultancy work in both the public and private sectors.
For the last 35 years, the Institute has
maintained an active part in supporting the development of
the town planning profession in Singapore. It has played a
pivotal role in the providing feedback to the planning authorities
in Singapore and made representation on committees and panels
set up by the former Singapore Planning Department and the
Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore.
The Institute was represented in the making/review
of the Singapore Concept Plan 2001, Master Plan 2003 and Green
Plan 2012 as well as dialogues with the relevant government
agencies to promote urban planning excellence in Singapore.
Over the years the Institute's membership
has grew steadily. As at December 2005, the Institute has
a total of 102 members, comprising 21 Fellows, 54 Full Members,
26 Affiliates and 1 Student. Majority of our members are trained
overseas. Formal academic training in urban planning is not
available in Singapore at the moment. Aspiring planners have
to attend overseas universities to pursue either a 4 year
undergraduate programme, or a 1 to 2 years graduate urban
planning course.
A large number of the Institute’s Fellows
and Members are currently employed by Government and Statutory
bodies such as Urban Redevelopment Authority, Housing &
Development Board, National Parks Boards and Jurong Town Corporation.
They largely undertake strategic planning studies, preparing
master plans and executing regulatory and enforcement functions
regularly.
Others are employed in the universities,
property development and planning consultancy companies such
as SURBANA, CPG consultants, Jurong Consultants. Yet others,
especially those who are architect/planners are operating
their own professional offices. They largely undertake physical
planning projects, urban design and strategic planning studies.
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