The cleanup of the oil spill which stained Singapore's shores last month is moving along faster than expected. Less than a month ago, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu said that the second phase would take around three months. But in a Facebook post on Tuesday (July 16), Fu said the oil spill is 'almost gone'. 'Clean-up of...
Less than a month ago, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu said that the second phaseBut in a Facebook post on Tuesday , Fu said the oil spill is "almost gone".
The oil spill occurred at Pasir Panjang Terminal on June 14 due to a collision between a dredging boat and a bunker vessel, which saw 400 tonnes of fuel pour into the sea. This affected shorelines around Singapore such as Sentosa, Labrador Nature Reserve, the Southern Islands and East Coast Park, among other areas.
In her Facebook post, which was accompanied by a picture of a tar ball, the minister called for volunteers "to help our cleaning staff to comb and remove tar balls from the beaches", adding that it is a "labour-intensive process".Fu said that the authorities will be deploying volunteers to "literally sieve through" affected beaches, describing the operation as the "biggest beach clean-up exercise in Singapore".
National Development Minister Desmond Lee said in Parliament on July 2 that more than 700 volunteers have been deployed in cleanup efforts.
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