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Kranji marshes wetland reserve, NW Singapore. A freshwater marshland, derived from the damming of the Kranji River to form the Kranji Reservoir, became seen as an important habitat. Nature Society Singapore (NSS) drafted a proposal highlighting its conservation value in 1990. This was accepted and included in the government Singapore Green Plan ...
Kranji Reservoir (Chinese: 克兰芝蓄水池; Malay: Empangan Air Kranji) is a reservoir in the northern part of Singapore, near the Straits of Johor. It was a former freshwater river that flowed out into the sea that was dammed at its mouth to form a freshwater reservoir.
Sarimbun Reservoir [note 1] 1977-1981 [3] 9 [5] Serangoon Reservoir: 17 [5] Opening ceremony held on 3 July 2011. Together with Punggol Reservoir will increase catchment area by 5,500ha. Tengeh Reservoir [note 1] 1977-1981 [3] 10 [5] Upper Peirce Reservoir: 304 ha 27,800,000 [7] 4 [5] Upper Seletar Reservoir (formerly called "Seletar Reservoir ...
Kranji Reservoir Park is a 9-hectare park located next to Kranji Reservoir along Kranji Way in Singapore. It overlooks Johor Straits and is a favourite hotspot among fishing enthusiasts and weekend picnickers. Facilities include seventeen fishing grounds, pavilions and benches. The park's two fishing grounds Z and F are opened from 6am to 11pm ...
A freshwater marshland, derived from the damming of the Kranji River to form a reservoir, became seen as an important habitat. NSS drafted a proposal highlighting its conservation value in 1990. This was accepted and included in the government Singapore Green Plan 1993. The 54-hectare (130-acre) site includes woodland and wetlands.
Kranji is a suburb in northwestern Singapore, bounded by Sungei Kadut to the north, Turf Club to the east, as well as Lim Chu Kang and the Western Water Catchment to the west. It is located about 22 kilometres (14 mi) from the city centre and its name came from the Malay word "Buah Keranji" due to pronunciation by local Malay, it became "Kranji".
Aerial photo of Murnane Service Reservoir 1958 from New Zealand Engineering. Murnane Service Reservoir is a covered service reservoir near the Bukit Timah Expressway and the Pan Island Expressway in Singapore. The reservoir supplements and provides backup water supply for the western regions of Singapore. Covering an area of 13 acres, it was ...
Between 1946 and 2023, the BBC Far Eastern Relay Station broadcast BBC World Service radio programmes to large parts of Asia on shortwave.Transmitting from a number of different sites, notably Tebrau in Malaysia (1953-1979) and then Kranji in Singapore (1979-2023), the station was one of a number of BBC "relay" stations around the world - so named because they "relayed" programmes primarily ...