Channel NewsAsia 1 Mar 14;
SINGAPORE: The beach on St John's Island will reopen to the public on March 2.
The National Environment Agency (NEA) said the clean-up operation has been completed following two marine collisions in January that resulted in bunker fuel being spilled.
NEA said the water at the beach at St John's Island is free from oil pollution and has "returned to normal".
The beach on Kusu Island which was also affected by the oil spill was reopened to the public on February 22.
- CNA/fa
Beaches On Kusu And St John's Islands Reopen To Public
NEA release 1 Mar 14;
Singapore, 1 March 2014 – The latest checks by the National Environment Agency (NEA) show that water at both beaches on Kusu Island and St John’s Island is free from oil pollution and has returned to normal.
2 The waters and beaches of the two islands had been affected by the oil spills following the collision between chemical tanker, "Lime Galaxy" and containership, "Feihe", on 29 January and collision between containership, "NYK Themis" and barge "AZ Fuzhou", on 30 January 2014. The two beaches were subsequently closed and NEA had been working with agencies such as the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore and Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) to contain and clean up the bunker fuel oil spilled.
3 With the completion of the clean-up efforts, SDC will be re-opening the beaches on St John’s Island tomorrow, while Kusu Island’s beaches were re-opened on 22 February 2014.
4 For more information and updates on the clean-up operation, visit the NEA website (www.nea.gov.sg), NEA Facebook (www.facebook.com/NEASingapore) or follow us on Twitter (@NEAsg).
- See more at: http://app2.nea.gov.sg/corporate-functions/newsroom/news-releases/beaches-on-kusu-and-st-johns-islands-reopen-to-public#sthash.kJn0qTdI.dpuf
