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Navigating Nirup: A peek into this new private island that is minutes from Singapore
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Day trippers can now visit Nirup, thanks to the newly built marina facilities, with its on-site Customs, Immigration and Quarantine facility.
PHOTO: TRITUNAS SINAR BENUA
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NIRUP, Indonesia – I am aboard a luxury superyacht that is slicing through the swells of the Singapore Strait.
Seemingly oblivious to the choppy sea, yacht owner Arthur Tay, chairman of leisure and lifestyle conglomerate SUTL Group and One Degree 15 Marina in Sentosa Cove, sits across from me. He is belting out a tune by American singer Diana Ross on karaoke, just as rain clouds cast an ominous shadow over the noontime rendezvous.
