What shocked me about the place was the sea in front of Beach Culture. The POlice Coast Guard had lined up a long string of buoys about 300 meters off the beach to prevent boats from beaching there. Beach Culture's customers used to be the Fish Farmers off Ubin, who would come in for a beer and dinner. Not anymore. The MPA fined them about $300 for illegal landing. These are Singaporeans working their fish farms off Ubin. They cannot land there anymore. No one knows why. It just became so. Have we become so paranoid with fear of terrorists activities that we mistreat our Singapore boaters. Where's the wisdom in all this. Prevention better than cure?
I'll have to give this some very deep thought. Fear is a terrible motivator.
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