Pang Sua Canal End

 

A gem awaits those who goes to the end of Pang Sua Canal. 

Pang Sua Canal leads to what it is known now as Kranji Reservoir, used to be Kranji River. A waterbody that cuts in between industrial Sungei Kadut and Choa Chu Kang, it is a peaceful place with nice sunset.

Check out the pictures.

Pang Sua River

Path Adjoining Pang Sua River

End of Pang Sua River. Towers are the BBC Relay Station

If you have the fortitude to walk to the end of Pang Sua River, you will be greeted by an awesome view with views of the BBC relay towers, Kranji Dam as well as JB.

The End of Pang Sua Canal is at coordinates: 1.420532, 103.739326.

Great Stuff in a place which is still relatively unknown and underdeveloped.

From Google Maps Mar 2022. Grey Pin indicates Pang Sua Canal End.

Satellite Image: 2022. Red Pin is Pang Sua Canal End.

Woodlands Waterfront

 

Mouth of Sungei Cine

Many of us know Woodlands Waterfront. A Waterfront area in the North Facing Johor Bahru. And it's surroundings are changing a lot. 

Previously, before the Thompson East Coast Line was built, to get here, it was only possible by hiking or by bus. Now, with Woodlands North MRT, walking here is a breeze.

Woodlands North MRT itself surroundings are changing a lot. Lets take a look.

Current View of Woodlands North MRT.

Road Leading up to Woodlands North MRT. Still flanked with greenery.

Watch Tower of Admiralty Prison

I suspect the heavy construction is due to construction of the Singapore-Malaysia MRT line linking Malaysia to Woodlands North by MRT.

One of the key highlights of Woodlands Waterfront is naturally the Waterfront Jetty. The Waterfront Jetty used to be the Royal Malaysian Navy Jetty. The Jetty now houses a restaurant and a large area for recreation and fishermen.

View from the Jetty. Suspect they are doing works for Cross Border MRT Line.

Sunset view on former RNM Jetty.

Next to the Jetty lies a river mouth. The Mouth of Sungei Cine. We were fortunate to catch sight of the mouth since it was low tide.

Mouth of Sungei Cine

After spending an awesome late afternoon at Woodlands Waterfront, we walked aroung the Old Woodlands town area as well as up high on some of the HDB blocks. We were greeted with awesome views.

Low tide and Sunset near Sungei Cine

View of Johor Strait and Old Shell Woodlands Lub Oil Plant

Woodlands Checkpoint for Heavy Vehicles

Woodlands Checkpoint for Heavy Vehicles

An-Nur Masjid

Google Screengrab taken on 5 Feb 2022

That's it. Seeing Singapore Sooner Than Never!

Sungei Tengah

Sungei Tengah Road

Nestled off Old Choa Chu Kang Road, a place all too familiar to Private Candidates learning driving at Bukit Batok is Sungei Tengah.

This place is where many of Singapore's Farms are. And it is indeed a rustic place.

Land Use Plan of Sungei Tengah from SFA website. the picture is dated 2005.

Farms adorn Sungei Tengah. Lets check out some pictures.

Hydrophobic Farm 

Open Air farm with Nets to Stop the Crows

See the Farmers in the Farming Cap harvesting?

One of the T Junctions along Sungei Tengah Road

How a site at Sungei Tengah Look Like 

There are two businesses here as far as I know that are generally open to public. One would be Orchidville. Here, they sell lunch during weekdays as well as one of the most shiok salt baked chicken. They also open their open space for private car instructors to bring their students there to do S-Course and Crank Course within their premises. 

The other will be the weekend market Kok Fah. During weekends, they have a vegetable market as well as stalls selling snacks and other products. You can also checkout their hydrophobic farm as well as their animals on site. A good place to bring the young and old alike!

Dining area at OrchidVille

Enterance of OrchidVille

"Shop" at OrchidVille

Entrance of Kok Fah

Kok Fah Weekend Market

Entrance of Kok Fah Hydrophobic Farm

Tech Farming at Kok Fah

Using low frequency light to photosynthesize at Kok Fah

Here's some images of Sungei Tengah area taken from google in Dec 2021.

Taken from Google on Dec 2021

Taken from Google on Dec 2021

As farming takes on more importance in Singapore, we may be seeing changes in Sungei Tengah. Seeing Singapore Sooner Than Never at Sungei Tengah.

North East Islands: Pulau Unum and Pulau Tekong

 

One of the reclamation beacon off North Pulau Tekong

Given that Pulau Tekong is a restricted area, there is very little chance to explore the most northern eastern shores of Singapore. Thankfully, the waterways there are still visitable by us!

Apart from Pulau Ubin, the other North Eastern wonders are Pulau Tekong, Pulau Unum as well as Beting Bronok.

Green: Beting Bronok, Red: Pulau Unum, Blue: Radar Tower & Disused Pier

Crossing Pulau Ubin towards Tekong was tough. The mouth of the Johor River aka Kuala Johor expectedly brought about complicate currents. Together with the North East Monsoon, we were in for a rough ride.

Nonetheless, we were able to cross Kuala Johor safely arriving at Tekong Buoy.

North Eastern Tekong Buoy marking the Tekong "Group of Islands"

Blue line indicating the thin stretch we could travel due to reclamation works. (Dec 2021)

Pulau Tekong is undergoing massive reclamation works as of Dec 2021. Basically, the reclamation is done by dyking up areas we want to turn into land and draining all the water within it. This resulted in only a thin navigable channel between the reclamation zone and Singapore Port Limit that we could travel. (Indicated by the blue line.)

One of the attractions of course was how the reclamation looks like.

Reclaimed area look like a desert marked by Toilets from time to time.

As reclamation was still ongoing, the general view is a vast desert environment punctuated by toilets from time to time (Check out the one at the left hand side of the picture.)

Excavators on Floating Barges were also spotted to help in the massive reclamation efforts.

Barges and Excavators on floating barge

We also had a chance to take a look at one of the most Northern Eastern Island: Pulau Unum.

Pulau Unum: Green patch right in the center.

Pulau Unum is an island off Tekong near the old village of Kg. Unum. To preserve its natural environment, the dyke was built away to protect the island. We can see the green patch right in the center which was Pulau Unum.

In the most North Eastern part of Pulau Tekong, there still lie one offshore fish farm. Which is extremely developed. The Prima Aqua Fish Farm.

Prima Aqua Fish Farm North of Tekong

The coastal area of North East Tekong was mostly mangrove. In one of the most North East Corner of Pulau Tekong lies a disused pier off a radar tower. (1.419098, 104.080412)

Disused Pier off a Radar Tower.

Having visited one of the most Northern Eastern Island: Pulau Unum as well as the unreclaimed northern eastern coast of Pulau Tekong, I feel privileged.

Glad to have seen all these before there are further developments.

Different landmarks in Tekong Region Dec 2021

A View from the top of East Tekong (Jul 2023).

Lastly, I share the map from MPA Port Circular to show how this region looks like before it becomes even more developed. (2021)

P Tekong reclamation in 2021

And this is how P Tekong and Changi East Look like in Late 2022!

Changi East Oct 2022

P Tekong Oct 2022

P. Tekong 2024

This is Seeing Singapore Sooner Than Never.