Lost Waterfronts: The Mysteries

Our remote corners were once waterfront homes of many types of wayfarers, from Kings, to pirates, spies and seals. What was the origin of the name Telok Blangah? Why were there spies out in Tuas, or seals in Punggol? And in what way did fishing ponds in Punggol contribute to world food security? 

How did a rubbery latex make a modern sultanate possible? What went on in a desolated part of Tuas where volunteers learnt to wiretap and blow up trains? How or why did the Pacific War begin up North? And how was it that Singapore introduced the world to the Tilapia? 

This is the second installment of a documentary about Singapore’s Lost Waterfronts that explores the mysteries of the Southern, Northern and North Eastern parts of the island where remoteness is the common denominator.