Ooops! No More Sand For Singapore.
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Indonesia has banned land sand exports, citing environmental reasons and to protect its borders.
Where else Singapore is importing sand from?
The move took effect Tuesday (23 January 2007) but the Indonesian government has given exporters up to February 5 to honour existing sand export contracts.
Responding, Singapore said it is disappointed with Indonesia's decision.
According to a government statement issued by the National Development Ministry and the Building and Construction Authority, Singapore Ministers had earlier raised this issue with their Indonesian counterparts and offered to work with them to address their concerns, but Indonesia did not take up this offer.
Although Singapore is one of the largest importers of concreting sand from Indonesia, the statement said BCA had assessed that the ban is unlikely to slow construction works in the country as there are alternative sources.
As part of its on-going efforts to diversify its supply of basic construction materials, HDB has started procuring concreting sand from other sources in the region.
The industry can tap on these new sources.
BCA will continue to work with the industry to open up new supply sources.
The government will also release sand from its stockpile, if necessary, to meet any temporary shortage.
For the longer term, BCA is working closely with the industry to reduce the need for concreting sand in construction.
Over the past few years, the Ministry has been exploring suitable substitutes for sand in concrete and has been promoting the use of alternative construction materials and methods.
There has been encouraging progress.
For example, many residential projects are now using dry walls instead of concrete or brick walls.
The Ministry is also encouraging more extensive use of steel which is currently more common for high-rise building structures, for all building types.
A shift towards less concrete based construction will help advance Singapore's construction industry towards a "Sustainable Construction", one that adopts the greater use of more renewable materials and more environmentally friendly methods of construction.
This is the trend in countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
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Got $$$.... will find seller. Anyway, this is not the 1st time they ban the sell of sand.....
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Malaysia and thailand.Originally posted by mhcampboy:Where else Singapore is importing sand from?
But I would prefer buildings with Steel frame structures than RC frame structures. -
hdb prices will soon rise again...but we will still enjoy 'market subsidy'....lol...lol....they must continue to take us as fools....
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Will Construction stocks take a beating??
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i thought malaysia is banned the export of it's sand since 1997?
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Just had tea with a local bz man, singapore is negotiating with China to import sand from Xiamen. Supplies plenty, need to cost in the transportation.
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Aiyah, they will find the sand somehow lah.
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It will be sad if there is no sand to build the Marina Bay Sands...
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why...?Originally posted by shade343:Malaysia and thailand.
But I would prefer buildings with Steel frame structures than RC frame structures. -
So Singapore loses sand & Indonesia loses lots of money from banning the sale of sand. Fair what
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I suspect it may be water from Malaysia next that will suddenly come to a halt.
Don't you think our neighbors are trying to say something to our almighty gov?? -
sg govt has very high iq but almost zero on eq....they always seem to fumble when it comes to foreign diplomacy......they place economic value on everything and everyone and never learned to build genuine ties...these countries get pissed eventually and are not in the hurry to return any favours...because there's none to return.....
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really? see what happened to the twin towers...Originally posted by shade343:Malaysia and thailand.
But I would prefer buildings with Steel frame structures than RC frame structures. -
I thought we are aiming self-sufficient for water supplies before our contract with Malaysia ends?Originally posted by ShutterBug:I suspect it may be water from Malaysia next that will suddenly come to a halt.
Don't you think our neighbors are trying to say something to our almighty gov?? -
dont worry i can give u sand
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well, they might just one day cut supply citing political issues or reasons of their own before contract ends.Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:I thought we are aiming self-sufficient for water supplies before our contract with Malaysia ends?
..then you think our almighty gov dares to wage war with them? Or even engage in a lengthy expensive drawn out legal action over it??
our gov very LPPL one... -
i cannot understand their mentality.
they need the money and we need the sand. what is wrong with selling it to us?
they are thousands of times bigger than us. why are they concerned about our land reclamation? -
use NOL. left hand pays right hand. so what if it is expensive?Originally posted by sgdiehard:Just had tea with a local bz man, singapore is negotiating with China to import sand from Xiamen. Supplies plenty, need to cost in the transportation. -
Dunt worry SG has huge stockpile of sand like a knoll,eg near Bedok Reservoir.
INDONESIAN LAND SAND EXPORT BAN IS UNLIKELY TO SLOW CONSTRUCTION WORKS IN SINGAPORE,24.01.20076. The Government will also release sand from its stockpile if necessary to meet any temporary shortage resulting from the disruption of supply from Indonesia
2.SG can cut the usage of sand .of late,Britian has slached its usage of sand by up to 70% and Japan by 59%
From this news,
More steel are used in Sg,like IR,to replace sands.
A ship cargo of sand is already on the way. -
hurrr....I thought the water just flooded the whole Kota Tinggi, better sell to Singapore, get some money and prevent the flood.... isn't there a lesson for them?Originally posted by ShutterBug:I suspect it may be water from Malaysia next that will suddenly come to a halt.
Don't you think our neighbors are trying to say something to our almighty gov?? -
The global importation of sand should be banned altogether. Our hypocritical elitist PAP can scold Indonesia for forest fires but don't mind destroying the land for sands. It's a good thing, otherwise you will see St John island expanded all the way to Batam just so they can house their beloved FTs.Originally posted by mhcampboy:Where else Singapore is importing sand from? -
Originally posted by lionnoisy:
Why don't worry??? What you know about construction?
Dunt worry SG has huge stockpile of sand like a knoll,eg near Bedok Reservoir.
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From this news,
More steel are used in Sg,like IR,to replace sands.
A ship cargo of sand is already on the way.
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I'm very worry!!! Using alternative materials willl have defects with hell of water seepages problem.
The stockpile sand at Bedok reservior can last for how long??? Mind you those stockpile sand might not be enough for two IRs. What about other developments?
Heard from a source....singapore might get sand supply from China but is going to be 4 times the price now!!! -
this is the true reason, or fear behind the ban of sand. Lets cut all the bull s h i t about environmental protection. Let the bloody forest burnt for days and do nothing, now talk about protecting environment. Hyprocrite!!!Originally posted by chiabaliao:The global importation of sand should be banned altogether. Our hypocritical elitist PAP can scold Indonesia for forest fires but don't mind destroying the land for sands. It's a good thing, otherwise you will see St John island expanded all the way to Batam just so they can house their beloved FTs. -
Its all bull sh it ....or otherwise sg govt would have strict control of cars population!!!Originally posted by sgdiehard:this is the true reason, or fear behind the ban of sand. Lets cut all the bull s h i t about environmental protection. Let the bloody forest burnt for days and do nothing, now talk about protecting environment. Hyprocrite!!!