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The Singapore River in the past

The Singapore River today

Name of river :SINGAPORE RIVER
The Singapore River is a small river in Singapore with great historical importance. The Singapore River flows from the Central Area, which lies in the Central Region in the southern part of Singapore before emptying into the ocean. It is one of about 90 rivers in Singapore and its islands. It is the place where Raffles made as the 1st trading port in Singapore. The Singapore River is the most famous river in Singapore.

Source: http://www.wikipedia.org/

Uses of the river:
1)It is use for trading in the past.
Selling goods, and the trading post in Singapore did not require the ships
from other countries to pay taxes or follow any rules.

2)The river is use as transportation for Tourism and motorized boat to move across the river.
Toursists sit on the motorized boat to look around Singapore on the Singapore River.

Problems:
1)Pollution
The water pollution caused by the disposal of garbage, sewage and other by-products of industries located along the river's banks. The sources of water pollution into the Singapore River and Kallang Basin included pig wastes from pig and duck farms, unsewered premises, street hawkers and vegetable wholesaling.

2)River too dirty , needed 10 whole years just to clean the river !