• Development guide plans

      Development guide plans (DGPs) are detailed short- to medium-term land-use plans completed between 1993 and 1998 as part of a comprehensive review of the Master Plan 1985. The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), the national land-use planning agency, divided Singapore ...

    • Punggol reclamation

      Punggol is situated in the northeast of Singapore, bordered by the Tampines Expressway, Sungei Punggol, Strait of Johor, Serangoon Harbour and Sungei Serangoon. The Punggol planning area as outlined by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) of Singapore also includes ...

    • Pulau Meskol

      Pulau Meskol was a small island of 6.1 ha in a cluster of islands lying south of Jurong on the Singapore mainland. It was merged with neighbouring islands to form Jurong Island, where the petrochemical and petroleum industry is located.

    • Kranji reclamation

      Kranji is located on the northwestern coast of Singapore. It forms a large part of the Sungei Kadut Planning Area, as earmarked by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). Sungei Kadut and Kranji are adjoining industrial estates which became manufacturing centres ...

    • Jurong reclamation

      Singapore’s first industrial estate is located in Jurong. Before its transformation into an industrial estate, Jurong was a landscape covered in forest and swamp, with crocodile-infested rivers. There were also fish and prawn ponds. Reclamation work began in the ...

    • Pulau Tekong land reclamation

      The current island of Pulau Tekong was originally composed of two distinct islands, Pulau Tekong Besar – the biggest natural offshore island in Singapore and commonly referred to as just Pulau Tekong – and the much smaller Pulau Tekong Kecil. Situated at the northeastern ...

    • Pulau Biola

      Pulau Biola is a tiny islet located at the southern extremities of Singapore’s southern islands. The islet is known for its rich biodiversity of coral reefs and marine life, which are relatively unspoilt compared with elsewhere in Singapore.

    • Bukit Batok Town Park

      Constructed from a disused granite quarry, Bukit Batok Town Park is commonly known as “Little Guilin” or “Xiao Guilin”, due to its resemblance to a similar scenic location in Guilin, China. Comprising 42 ha of land, it is located along Bukit Batok East Avenue 5. ...

    • Mount Palmer

      Mount Palmer, later known as Mount Parsee (also spelt “Parsi”) or Parsee Hill, was located near Tanjong Pagar and the bay of Telok Ayer Street in the early 19th century. Mount Palmer, the largest of the hills on the coastal stretch, was approximately 119 ft tall. ...

    • Pasir Ris

      Pasir Ris is located in the eastern region of Singapore, and is bounded by Sungei Serangoon, Tampines Expressway, Upper Changi Road North and the Serangoon Harbour. It was originally a low-lying, undeveloped area with kampongs and villages. The beach was a popular ...

    • Pulau Anak Bukom

      A tiny islet, Pulau Anak Bukom (Malay for “child of Bukom”) lies next to the much larger and heavily industrialised Pulau Bukom Besar. Pulau Anak Bukom is noted as a nesting and roosting site for resident shore birds.

    • Pulau Semakau

      Pulau Semakau is popularly known as one of the southern islands off the main island of Singapore. In the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s (URA) 1997 Concept Plan, however, Pulau Semakau was identified as one of the western islands. Located approximately 8 km south ...

    • Pulau Busing

      Pulau Busing is an offshore island south of Singapore, near Pulau Bukom. It had a land area of 2.5 ha before reclamation. Heavily industrialised, the island is home to oil and chemical storage facilities, at least one marine offshore terminal, and a fuel oil refinery. ...

    • Pulau Palawan

      Pulau Palawan is an islet lying off the southern coast of Sentosa Island. Originally a reef called Terembu Palawan, its name was changed to Pulau Palawan after it was reclaimed. Pulau Palawan is not physically connected to Sentosa, and should not to be mistaken ...

    • Urban Redevelopment Authority

      The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is Singapore’s national land-use planning and conservation authority. It was formed in 1974, though it has its roots in the Urban Renewal Department set up by the Housing and Development Board (HDB) in the 1960s. Its mission ...

       

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