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Chun Li
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Apr 30, 2010
Tighter coastal security
Multilayered defence in southern waters to be fully operational by 2013
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BEEFING up coastal security will be a priority for the Police Coast Guard (PCG) over the next three years under its masterplan to deter threats at Singapore's maritime borders and anchorages. For a start, the PCG will implement two new command and control centres, both out at sea on barges, to allow for closer surveillance of passing vessels. Its current fleet of patrol boats will also be fitted with more powerful engines.
More officers will be added to PCG's elite force, and they will be given better boats to deal with smugglers and illegal immigrants. This multilayered defence system will be put in place in Singapore's southern waters and be fully operational by 2013. The PCG Developmental Masterplan was unveiled at the annual Police Workplan Seminar yesterday.
Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.
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