Oil spill incident: Singapore expands cleanup effort to more areas, including eastern end of island

Oil sheen on the surface of the water between HarbourFront Centre and Sentosa at about 10.30am on June 17. - ST

Booms have also been installed along stretches of East Coast Park beaches that are badly affected, and at canal openings, to trap oil and prevent it from flowing back into the canal.“Some of the oil has been seen off Changi today,” the joint statement said, adding that oil absorbent booms have been pre-emptively deployed off biodiversity-sensitive areas at Chek Jawa Wetlands at Pulau Ubin, Coney Island Park and Pasir Ris Park.

Muhammad Nasry, Executive director of Singapore Youth Voices for Biodiversity, said Chek Jawa is home to mangrove, mudflat and seagrass habitats. The authorities said additional containment and absorbent booms will be deployed over the next few days to protect fish farms at the East Johor Strait, Chek Jawa Wetlands and Changi Creek.

While West Coast Park is not affected, oil absorbent booms were also deployed at the park to protect the mangroves at the Marsh Garden, said the statement.“The early deployment will certainly help protect sensitive biodiversity areas and fish farms in the eastern Johor Strait,” he said. NEA has been conducting daily tests since June 15, and found the air quality at affected areas around Sentosa, East Coast Park and Labrador Nature Reserve to be well within “safe levels” so far, according to the statement.

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