Prawn farming used to be thriving in Pulau ubin. Inland swamps are parceled out with dykes. Sluice gates are constructed to control the flow of water.
Water pollution contributed to its demise. Lease are given up back to the Government and building structures demolished.
From GoogleEarth, one can see its scale by its tell tale remnants.
With GoogleEarth, we manage to plot our course by connecting dots of white roofs peeking through dense trees canopy seen under satellite. The course or path is then downloaded into our handheld GPS.
It led us first to a swing.
Then a lovely house
Finally a sweeping view from the remaining sluice gate, also a prime spot for bird watching.
Natural swamps are an important spawning grounds for fishes and with young fishes finding easy refuge. The sluice gates continues today as barriers. At low tide, the remaining fish are easily caught by fishermen casting fine nets.
The government should consider demolishing them to bring life back to our natural swamps.
