Singapore to draw up coastal protection plans

Breakwaters, made of stone and concrete structures, usually built to protect sandy beaches and reclaimed shores from strong waves and erosion, at East Coast Park on Sept 5, 2019. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): As Singapore fortifies itself against rising tides that threaten to swallow it up, the nation's solutions and strategies will be based in science, with national water agency PUB taking the lead as the new national Coastal Protection Agency.

Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli told Parliament on Wednesday (March 4) that the PUB will this year embark on coastal protection studies to develop long-term strategies and engineering designs for protecting the most vulnerable segments of the Republic's coast, including Jurong Island and low-lying parts of the coast between the east and the city.