Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Tanglin Mall Flooded in Singapore



Singapore is known for being a very developed country. However, a few occurrences of major flood had pissed the citizens off. There were huge damages dealt to the shops at the most concentrated shopping district.

The previous minister announced a year ago that it was a once-in-a-fifty-years incident. The current minister claimed that the recent floods were caused by nature. There was also blame on the citizens for littering as well.

There is a joke among the common people that every Singaporean has aged over 100 years over this two years with the numerous of major flooding incidents in the shopping heaven.

Some people claim that the floods are caused by the over-digging of soil for underground MRT, while others say it's because of the new buildings that have taken over the fields, which could have helped to contain the water. There are also numerous of comments on all the forums that the flood is caused by the beautiful Marina Barrage, which is a dam to separate the Singapore River's water from the sea water. They believe that since most of the land water is flowing into the Singapore River, the Marina Barrage will cause the slow inflow of water and thus creating the flood issues.

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