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Bustling waterway: The cleaning up of Singapore River

Barges and sampans jostling for space on the Singapore River in 1961. Then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew called for the river to be cleaned up in 1977, an effort that took 10 years and cost the Government $170 million.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on November 05, 2018, with the headline Bustling waterway: The cleaning up of Singapore River. Subscribe