SINGAPORE: Singapore has completed main construction works for its first polder project, reclaiming about 800ha of land at the tip of the Pulau Tekong island off its northeastern coast.
Polders are tracts of land that lie below sea level and are reclaimed through the building of dikes, drainage canals and pumping stations.
The project - equivalent to the size of two Toa Payoh towns - was first announced by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong in 2016, when he was Minister for National Development.
Construction was completed using an empoldering method, making it the first time Singapore has reclaimed land below mean sea level, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) and national water agency PUB said in a joint media release on Monday (Sep 8).