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PUB 'has done well managing floods for 40 years'
Published on Jan 11, 2012
Despite the recent flood episodes, national water agency PUB has done well to manage the drainage and flood situation in Singapore in the past 40 years, acknowledged the expert panel. -- PHOTO: LIAT TOWERS
Despite the recent flood episodes, national water agency PUB has done well to manage the drainage and flood situation in Singapore in the past 40 years, acknowledged the expert panel.
This, despite rapid urbanisation, which makes it harder for rainwater to seep into the ground.
Singapore's storm drainage, said the panel, also compares well with other metropolitan areas.
Civil engineering professor Yong Kwet Yew, who is vice-president of the National University of Singapore and one of the panellists, noted that the number of flood-prone areas has been reduced dramatically.
Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.
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Despite the recent flood episodes, national water agency PUB has done well to manage the drainage and flood situation in Singapore in the past 40 years, acknowledged the expert panel. -- PHOTO: LIAT TOWERS
Despite the recent flood episodes, national water agency PUB has done well to manage the drainage and flood situation in Singapore in the past 40 years, acknowledged the expert panel.
This, despite rapid urbanisation, which makes it harder for rainwater to seep into the ground.
Singapore's storm drainage, said the panel, also compares well with other metropolitan areas.
Civil engineering professor Yong Kwet Yew, who is vice-president of the National University of Singapore and one of the panellists, noted that the number of flood-prone areas has been reduced dramatically.
Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.
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