When he was a child living on Pulau Tekong Kechil, Mr Loo Geuang Fiyau had to take a sampan to the "main island" if he wanted to buy groceries. But he was not talking about mainland Singapore.
Before land-reclamation efforts merged them in the 1990s, Pulau Tekong Kechil - or "small Tekong" - was an 89ha island separate from Pulau Tekong Besar, or "big Tekong".
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