Sand
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Such quantities of sand
Artificial Islands, China, Environment, Indonesia, Malaysia, Reclamation, Sand, Singapore, South China Sea DisputeEVEN on a quiet Sunday morning, a steady stream of lorries trundles along the broad, pristine and otherwise deserted streets of Punggol Timur, an island of reclaimed land in the north-east of Singapore. They empty their loads into neat rows of white, yellow and grey mounds where the country stockpiles a vital raw material: sand. […]