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Hydrographic Survey
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Mega Dredging Projects 30 years of Dredging 30 years of Dredging 1984 - 2012 triples land surfacetriples land surface
Singapore / Jurong & Tuas
By the 1980s, after a decade of rapid industrialization, property on Singapore’s mainland was scarce.
A solution was found in the Jurong Island reclamation and Tuas extension projects. For 30 years since 1984, dredgers developed new land there. A plan to unite the 7 islets off Singapore’s southwestern coast to form one island was implemented in stages. Started in 1995, Jurong Island was of
