[h=1]WAS TOXIC WASTES DUMPED IN LAND RECLAMATION IN JOHOR STRAITS?[/h]
Post date:
30 Aug 2014 - 5:59pm
What the land reclamation without Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) may have caused?
What is our Government doing about the mysterious deaths of so many fishes at Sungei Buloh, just opposite the reclamation work happening in our neighbouring Johor?
All the efforts including the recent jetty and guidelines to improve yields from fish farming will come to nothing if steps are not taken to prevent the killing of our fishes. Our fisherman’s plight will only become worse (Article Home B6 of The Straits Times 25 July 2014).
The AVA said that they will investigate the cause of these mysterious dead fishes. But words are not enough to cover up what could be a major environmental disaster for Singapore if no one has the principle to stand up for what is right for our nation Singapore.
Clearly, not too long ago (Article Page 16 of The Star 15 July 2014), the newspaper in Malaysia also featured the headlines story of how tens of thousands of fishes died and the remaining fishes in the fish farms have swallow eyes and other symptoms of illness (environmental problems):
The Star Newspaper
The local fishermen attributed the death to the reclamation work and specifically said that it should never be allowed to restart ever again, or all the fishes will die or worse still carry some disease that will be passed to our children who eat the fish.
For Singapore, such a serious health risk is unacceptable and it is high time that someone from our government should stand up for not only the fishermen, but for a Singapore. We do not want our children to consume poisoned fishes!
It is believed that the chemicals and toxic wastes may have been used in the Johor land refills. Unscrupulous contractors will normally use wastes to supplement the sand refills so as to help reduce costs of projects. What this means is that buried under the reclamation sand could be toxic wastes dumped by these unscrupulous contractors. Pollutants will then seep out from the sand refills to the sea to pollute the surrounding sea water. This could lead to our children inheriting unknown diseases in future, especially after consuming the fishes grown in the Johor Straits.
If we ask ourselves the question why should we need to stomach such a possibility that will affect our own children, our answer would be a resounding NO to this environmentally dangerous reclamation project at our doorstep.
Apart from that, the same newspaper article (Article Page 16 of The Star 15 July 2014) reported that Mr Kua Song Tuck, Bureau Chief of Johor MCA public service and complaints mentioned that the reclamation work has led to a serious reduction in the depth of the water from 6.10m to 1.52m.
Is the reduction in the depth of the water happening to Singapore if the reclamation continues? Our Government should not allow this to happen. The reduction to such a low depth of waters between Singapore and Johor means any illegal immigrants or terrorists may literally walk into the Republic of Singapore without being noticed at night. In future if Mas Selamat escapes again, it will be even easier for him as he does not need to even swim across the Straits!
This security threat can never be reversed unless we are prepared to fence up our shore entirely. Is it not easier to speak up now to ensure that our neighbouring Johor understands and respect our right to sovereignty as an independent and proud Singapore Nation?
The reclamation project has been temporarily halted since June 2014. However, my fear is that the reclamation project is likely to continue secretly because of the huge amount of money and profits at stake. What’s more, the property developers are from Mainland China. They are certainly known to be very “aggressive” businessmen in the world.
The reclamation project should not be allowed to restart until both Singapore and Malaysia Governments have obtained a full-fledged EIA study before a decision can be made. And typically, an EIA study would take years to complete!
I urged our Singapore government to do something about the matter. Please send someone to check if toxic wastes have been used in the sand refills in the land reclamation project in Johor. AVA should also constantly test our sea water in the Straits. Since PM Najib is in a very good term with our PM Lee currently, Mr Lee should sound out our concerns to Mr Najib now before it’s too late.
A very concerned Singaporean
Post date:
30 Aug 2014 - 5:59pm
What the land reclamation without Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) may have caused?
What is our Government doing about the mysterious deaths of so many fishes at Sungei Buloh, just opposite the reclamation work happening in our neighbouring Johor?
All the efforts including the recent jetty and guidelines to improve yields from fish farming will come to nothing if steps are not taken to prevent the killing of our fishes. Our fisherman’s plight will only become worse (Article Home B6 of The Straits Times 25 July 2014).
The AVA said that they will investigate the cause of these mysterious dead fishes. But words are not enough to cover up what could be a major environmental disaster for Singapore if no one has the principle to stand up for what is right for our nation Singapore.
Clearly, not too long ago (Article Page 16 of The Star 15 July 2014), the newspaper in Malaysia also featured the headlines story of how tens of thousands of fishes died and the remaining fishes in the fish farms have swallow eyes and other symptoms of illness (environmental problems):
For Singapore, such a serious health risk is unacceptable and it is high time that someone from our government should stand up for not only the fishermen, but for a Singapore. We do not want our children to consume poisoned fishes!
It is believed that the chemicals and toxic wastes may have been used in the Johor land refills. Unscrupulous contractors will normally use wastes to supplement the sand refills so as to help reduce costs of projects. What this means is that buried under the reclamation sand could be toxic wastes dumped by these unscrupulous contractors. Pollutants will then seep out from the sand refills to the sea to pollute the surrounding sea water. This could lead to our children inheriting unknown diseases in future, especially after consuming the fishes grown in the Johor Straits.
If we ask ourselves the question why should we need to stomach such a possibility that will affect our own children, our answer would be a resounding NO to this environmentally dangerous reclamation project at our doorstep.
Apart from that, the same newspaper article (Article Page 16 of The Star 15 July 2014) reported that Mr Kua Song Tuck, Bureau Chief of Johor MCA public service and complaints mentioned that the reclamation work has led to a serious reduction in the depth of the water from 6.10m to 1.52m.
Is the reduction in the depth of the water happening to Singapore if the reclamation continues? Our Government should not allow this to happen. The reduction to such a low depth of waters between Singapore and Johor means any illegal immigrants or terrorists may literally walk into the Republic of Singapore without being noticed at night. In future if Mas Selamat escapes again, it will be even easier for him as he does not need to even swim across the Straits!
This security threat can never be reversed unless we are prepared to fence up our shore entirely. Is it not easier to speak up now to ensure that our neighbouring Johor understands and respect our right to sovereignty as an independent and proud Singapore Nation?
The reclamation project has been temporarily halted since June 2014. However, my fear is that the reclamation project is likely to continue secretly because of the huge amount of money and profits at stake. What’s more, the property developers are from Mainland China. They are certainly known to be very “aggressive” businessmen in the world.
The reclamation project should not be allowed to restart until both Singapore and Malaysia Governments have obtained a full-fledged EIA study before a decision can be made. And typically, an EIA study would take years to complete!
I urged our Singapore government to do something about the matter. Please send someone to check if toxic wastes have been used in the sand refills in the land reclamation project in Johor. AVA should also constantly test our sea water in the Straits. Since PM Najib is in a very good term with our PM Lee currently, Mr Lee should sound out our concerns to Mr Najib now before it’s too late.
A very concerned Singaporean
