Commentary: NDR 2026 – if Singapore can plan 50 years ahead for infrastructure, can it do the same for nature?

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1. Wed, 26 August 2026

   3 reports
   • Channel News Asia05:11first to report
     Commentary: NDR 2026 – if Singapore can plan 50 years ahead for infrastructure, can it do the same for nature?

     Long-term plans for Singapore’s western islands offer something precious: time to get it right, says NUS’ Melissa Low.

   • Channel News Asia10:08
     Singapore cannot rely on more land, labour or carbon for next phase of growth: Tan See Leng

     Asked how the government weighed the pros and cons for the proposed western island, Dr Tan See Leng said there are many uncertain development timelines involved, and that detailed environmental studies will be conducted.

   • South China Morning Post10:35
     Singapore’s future island plan stirs concern over reefs and old fishing grounds

     Few have spent as much time in the waters surrounding Singapore’s southwestern islands as fisherman Hamzah Mohamad, 71. The former resident of Pulau Sudong has been fishing, primarily by setting up bubu – wire fish traps in Malay – in the rocky coral reefs surrounding Sudong, Bukom and Semakau for more than half a century. He knows the underwater reefs by heart, what the wind changes mean for visibility and which fish species are in season. But the seascape he has long known may be set for...

2. Wed, 2 September 2026

   1 report
   • Channel News Asia22:00
     CNA Explains: How Singapore could reclaim more land in the future

     With major reclamation works on the horizon, CNA looks at how reclamation methods have evolved.

3. Fri, 4 September 2026

   1 report
   • Channel News Asia07:16
     Singapore to map coastal, marine habitat changes, including western islands in proposed merger plan

     The study covers the entire coastline of mainland Singapore and its offshore islands and reefs.