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21-485: Before the founding of modern Singapore in 1819, the nearby Pulau Seletar and Pulau Ubin were home to the indigenous Orang Laut and Orang Seletar , who sailed and lived along the Serangoon Harbour, as well as the larger Straits of Johor . The harbour was later transformed into an important port in the northeast of the island, as quarry and timber from the neighbouring Johor and Pulau Ubin became lucrative. Access to

42-428: A drop off point to come onto mainland. The part of Serangoon Harbour off Pasir Ris Park have floating buoys to demarcate the swimming boundary of the park. Further offshore, floating coloured lit buoy markers delimit the boundary of the shipping routes. There are no lighthouses operating in the harbour or its precincts. Along the coast on mainland Singapore, there are multiple jetties and boardwalks from east to west,

63-409: A preliminary investigation. In mid-1959 the engineers delivered a report confirming the feasibility of the plan and laying out the basic arrangement of the proposed dams. They estimated that construction would cost about HK$ 348 million, plus approximately $ 60 million for the associated water distribution network. One main dam and three service dams were built to shut the cove off from the sea. The cove

84-594: Is by small bumboat ferry service that originate from Changi Point Ferry Terminal and usually travel towards Pulau Ubin Main Jetty. Each ride costs SGD$ 3 per passenger and there usually is a short wait until each bumboat ferry has 12 passengers before the boat departs. Passengers arriving via ferry to this terminal have to undergo security screening of personnel and baggage from whichever location they are arriving from (even Pulau Ubin) for security reasons. The OBS School have their own private craft to ferry participants to and from

105-645: Is part of the Straits of Johor . It is south of the Nenas Channel which is the section of the Straits of Johor that lies between mainland Malaysia and Pulau Ubin. The Serangoon Harbour lies entirely within Singapore territorial waters, in contrast only a small strip of the Nenas Channel lie within Singapore territorial waters. The depth of Serangoon Harbour is generally deep enough for commercial ships to pass on its way to either

126-410: Is rich in biodiversity. There have been spotting of crocodiles and dugongs amongst other wildlife. Migratory birds have also been known to use the area as a stopover point for their flight. There have been occasional phytoplankton blooms in the harbour too that have affected the water appearance as well as the fish stocks especially those in the kelongs. The main mode of transportation across the harbour

147-694: The Chek Jawa Boardwalk, Chek Jawa Viewing Jetty, Pulau Ubin Main Jetty, OBS Camp Two Jetty and OBS Main Jetty. The jurisdiction of Serangoon Harbour falls under the Police Coast Guard Loyang Base. In the event of an aviation accident in the area, the Changi Airport Emergency Service (AES) would be deployed too. Pulau Ubin is adjacent to the harbour and is the location of one of few remaining undeveloped parts of Singapore that

168-851: The East River in China. The Bride's Pool flows into the Plover Cove Reservoir. The creation of the Plover Cove Reservoir necessitated the displacement of the inhabitants of a number of Hakka villages which were submerged by the reservoir. The Hakka villagers were compensated by the Hong Kong British colonial government with apartments and shop units along Kwong Fuk Road in Tai Po known as "Luk Heung San Tsuen" ( Chinese : 六鄉新村 ; lit. 'new village for six villages') which were built for their resettlement there. Fisherman who used to live at

189-632: The Sembawang Dock in Singapore or Pasir Gudang Johor Port in Malaysia, although the Squance Bank near Pulau Ubin has shallower depths. The islands of Coney Island , Pulau Ketam and Pulau Sekudu lie within this harbour. The rivers of Sungei Changi, Sungei Selarang, Sungei Loyang, Sungei Tampines and Sungei Api-Api, from east to west on mainland Singapore are tributaries into the harbour. The Sungei Serangoon and Sungei Punggol are no longer tributaries into

210-426: The 1990s for a Mass Rapid Transit line to be extended towards Pulau Ubin and Pulau Tekong thus cutting across the harbour. The building of bridges or tunnels to link mainland Singapore to these islands were also considered so as to make these islands more accessible, in view of future plans to build light industries and high density housing on both islands, however due to environmental concerns and other complications

231-549: The Changi Ferry Terminal, SAF Changi Ferry Terminal , Changi Airport Fuel Hydrant Installation (CAFHI) Jetty, Changi Point Ferry Terminal, Changi Sailing Club Jetty, Changi Boardwalk , Police Coast Guard Loyang Base, Loyang Offshore Supply Base Jetty, Lorong Halus Jetty and the Outward Bound Singapore (OBS) Punggol Jetty. Along the coast of Pulau Ubin, there are multiple jetties and boardwalks from east to west,

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252-636: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.132 via cp1112 cp1112, Varnish XID 374883205 Upstream caches: cp1112 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 05:41:45 GMT Plover Cove Reservoir Plover Cove Reservoir , located within Plover Cove Country Park , in the northeastern New Territories , is the largest reservoir in Hong Kong in terms of area, and

273-464: The camps along the harbour. There are currently no future plans with regards to the harbour, which includes no plans for land reclamation in that area despite the land scarcity issue in Singapore. There were plans in the 1970s to reclaim land between Singapore and Pulau Ubin to build a large sea reservoir, to increase the country's water supply. This project was similar to Hong Kong's Plover Cove Reservoir project years earlier. However, after reviewing

294-516: The conditions of the seabed, costs and environmental concerns, as well as complications involving Malaysia, because the closing of the harbour would affect shipment in the nearby Pasir Gudang Port due to the narrowing of the access strait, the plan was eventually scaled down to limited land reclamation off Coney Island and Punggol and the construction of the Serangoon and Punggol Reservoirs which instead lie within mainland Singapore. There were plans in

315-448: The harbour after they have been dammed to create their respective reservoirs. The rivers of Sungei Tiga, Sungei Jelutong, Sungei Puaka and Sungei Teris from east to west on Pulau Ubin are also tributaries into the harbour. There are many kelongs in the Serangoon Harbour, these belong to fishermen who rear fishes and other sea animals that are sold in Singapore. These fishermen mainly use Changi Point Ferry Terminal or Lorong Halus Jetty as

336-567: The harbour from the city was primarily via Serangoon Road. In World War II, the British and Allied troops mistakenly believed that the Imperial Japanese Army would invade Singapore by crossing the Serangoon Harbour after the Japanese troops moved into and captured Pulau Ubin . However the Japanese troops eventually landed on the northwest of the island far from the harbour. Serangoon Harbour

357-463: The idea of converting sea inlets into freshwater lakes, and cited Plover Cove as one of the foremost areas under consideration. The plan was considered feasible as the cove was mostly enclosed on three sides, and could be fully cut off from the sea by damming sections of the Tolo Harbour known to be very shallow. The government hired the engineering consultancy Binnie, Deacon and Gourley to undertake

378-448: The original Sam Mun Tsai site, close to Tai Kau of Luk Heung , now at the northeastern shore of Reservoir, were relocated to Sam Mun Tsai New Village on the island of Yim Tin Tsai in 1966. At the time, 36 families were moved to housing on land. Plover Cove Reservoir supports a diverse wildlife, including many freshwater fish species. Tai Mei Tuk at the northwestern end of the main dam

399-652: The plan was shelved. There were also proposals to build a third causeway between Singapore and Malaysia with one of the suggestions being the bridge be built over the southern end of the harbour, linking Changi , Singapore and Pengerang , Malaysia, however Singapore had rejected the proposals in favour of the Kuala Lumpur–Singapore high-speed rail project and this led to the proposal being scrapped by 2016. 1°24′N 103°56′E  /  1.400°N 103.933°E  / 1.400; 103.933 Orang Laut Too Many Requests If you report this error to

420-500: The second-largest in terms of volume. It is the world's first freshwater coastal lake constructed from an arm of the ocean . Its main dam , which disconnected Plover Cove from the sea, was one of the largest in the world at the time of its construction. Hong Kong lacks significant natural inland water bodies, and providing water supply to the territory's population has long been fraught with problems. On 24 July 1958, an official spokesman stated that government engineers were studying

441-464: Was then drained and converted into a freshwater lake. Construction work commenced in 1960 and was completed in 1968, providing a capacity of 170 million m . Work on raising the height of the dams began in 1970. Upon completion in 1973, the reservoir capacity was increased to 230 million m . The dam of the reservoir is 28 metres tall and approximately 2 km long. Besides rain from its catchment , it also stores water imported by pipes from

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