Tanjong Chek Jawa (or Tanjung Chek Jawa) is located on the eastern tip of Pulau Ubin, an island off the northeastern coast of the main island of Singapore. Previous a virtual unknown, it came into national prominence and focus only since the early 2000s when the area's rich biodiversity was discovered almost by chance during a nature outing at low tide. News on the impending land reclamation works planned by the government on the area sparked a rare show of public-led and coordinated effort to reverse the reclamation plans. The government, in turn, surprised many when they acceeded to these requests in December 2001. Pulau Ubin is a small island (10 km²) situated north east of Singapore, beside Pulau Tekong. ... Land reclamation is either of two distinct practices. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Tan, Ria and Yeo, Alan, in association with The Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, The National University of Singapore (2003) Chek Jawa guidebook Singapore: Simply Green ISBN 9810488327
Chua, Ee Kiam (2002) Chek Jawa: discovering Singapore's biodiversity Singapore : Simply Green ISBN 9810468148
2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
ChekJawa is situated on the eastern tip of the offshore island of Pulau Ubin.
As ChekJawa consisted mainly of mudflats, we had to get off the beach before the tide comes in, which meant that we have only the time interval between low and high tide, which was around an hour.
Although ChekJawa is one of the hidden wonders of Singapore, we have succeeded in exploring it and bringing up for the view of the world.
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