6.38 am on 23 July 2013. The colours of the breaking day illuminate the icons of the new Singapore, which the Merlion probably best represents. The body of water, Marina Bay, now a reservoir of fresh water, had once been the sea where the inner harbour, the Inner Roads, once fed Singapore with its immigrants and with goods from east and west , the foundation on which Singapore’s early success was built upon.
Dawn in the new world
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Tags: Colours of Sunrise, Dawn, Marina Bay, Marina Bay Sands, Marina Bay Sunrise, Merlion, Mornings, Photography, Quiet Moments, Singapore, Sunrise
Categories : Architecture, Collyer Quay, Forgotten Places, Marina Bay, New Landscapes, New Singapore, Photography Series, Quiet Moments, Singapore, Sunrises
Strange Horizons: The giant spinning tops off Tampines Road
9 05 2013What does look like two giant spinning tops from the bottom of a grassy slope along Tampines Road are actually two concrete inverted cone shaped storage tanks built to each hold 8448 cubic metres of NEWater – water recycled from waste treated to become drinking quality water. The elevated tanks which measure 43 metres in diameter at the top, make up the Tampines NEWater Service Reservoir maintained by the Public Utilities Board (PUB) provide storage for NEWater produced nearby for use by nearby electronic chip manufacturing factories which require very clean water.
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Categories : Architecture, Architecture, New Landscapes, New Singapore, Singapore