Media
Articles on plans
to develop the Southern Shores
updated 30 Dec 04
Government plans
Business news
Casinos and their social impact
All articles
articles
on the volunteer effort
on the Southern Shores
Letters to the press, general press commentary
and feedback to the Government Consultation Portal
Full
text of BG Yeo's speech during the Committee of Supply
Debate (MTI) on 12 Mar 04. On the MTI website (PDF file).
Extracted portion relating to the
Southern Shores.
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What
will the Southern Islands development look like? These
two place were mentioned as examples of what the development
would be based on:
Atlantis,
Paradise Island
Bahamas
Atlantis has been described as "the
largest man-made marine habitat in the world" featuring
"a living, million-gallon saltwater habitat (the world's
largest outdoor, open water aquarium, complete with an
underwater walk through a shark lagoon, giant sea turtles
and thousands of tropical fish)" more
comparisons of proposal with Atlantis.
Palm
Island, Dubai
Touted as the 8th wonder in the world,
this entirely man-made resort is being built through massive
reclamation and construction: "Rocks weighing 7 million
metric tons are being brought in from 16 different quarries
throughout the UAE. If all the materials used to build
it were placed end to end, a wall 2m high and half a metre
thick could circle the world three times." |
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