Pang Sua Pond is a floating

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located in

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, Singapore. It is the second-largest

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wetland in Singapore. The pond has a 480-meter long elevated bridge that connects to the Bukit Panjang Park Connector and the Senja-Cashew Community Club. It also serves as a stormwater collection pond.

Etymology

Pang Sua Pond's English name may be a

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of the

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word "捧沙".

Description

The boardwalk is 480-meters long and 7-meters high that can be used for jogging or walking. There is also a stage for performances and community events along with viewing spots.

History

Pang Sua Pond was one of 16 stormwater collection ponds built in the 1990s to help combat the possibility of

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during a heavy downpour by collecting

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. The water collected in Pang Sua Pond would then be pumped to the

Upper Seletar Reservoir Upper Seletar Reservoir (, Chinese: 实里达蓄水池上段) is Singapore's third impounding reservoir, after MacRitchie Reservoir and Peirce Reservoir (now the Upper Peirce Reservoir and the Lower Peirce Reservoir). It is located within the Cen ...

for treatment. In 2014, the pond underwent a 30-month treatment under the

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's Active, Beautiful, Clean Waters (ABC Waters) scheme. Pang Sua Pond

The renovation was completed on 25 March 2017 and was opened by

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. It was also announced that six schools around the area have also pledged to maintaining the pond, the schools are Teck Whye Primary School, Zhenghua Primary School, Greenridge Primary School, West Spring Primary School, West View Primary School, and Zhenghua Secondary School. The finished pond features more wetland plants such as the leather fern, water canna, and the miniature flatsedge. It also features fish, dragonflies, terrapins, and birds. A 480-meter long bridge elevated 7-meters of the water was also added. In 2021, Pang Sua Pond had lights added to its boardwalk in celebration of National Day.

Incident

On 9 September 2020, a 65-year-old man was found dead in the Pond after the SCDF received a call at around 5 am for help. Divers from

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were deployed to do an underwater search where they retrieved a body around 30m from the shore. The man was pronounced dead at scene.

References

{{Parks in Singapore 1990 establishments in Singapore Bukit Panjang Wetlands of Singapore Parks in Singapore

Etymology

Description

History

Incident

See also

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