How Have Singapore's Coastlines Changed Over The Years? | Lost Waterfronts | CNA Documentary

Singapore’s Eastern and Southern coastlines underwent massive reclamation to make room for places like Marine Parade, Changi Airport and MBS. Once, they were part of the sea and they saw a lot of action. This hour-long documentary peels open intriguing stories, now brought back to life with quirky animation.

Why did the Dutch and Portuguese battle off the coast of Tanah Merah in 1603, why did the Okinawans come to prewar Siglap and help to create a local food tradition, why was early day Singapore full of ‘mountains’ and how did they get destroyed?

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[amirdomani]

Hats off to cna insider's illustrator making it easier for us to imagine all these infos with the help of the amazing illustrations.

[summerrain]

Such a gem of a nuanced historical storytelling…uplifting and sad at the same time. Kudos to the production team.

[ahkl]

Amazing episode 👍
Keep retelling these histories so that future generations are made aware of their Singaporean heritage.

[Wisperindarknes]

Such an important part of Singapore history.

[hm_nn_]

Thank you. Brought back many memories of the 60's & 70"s.

[Waipaul]

What an informative documentary. Never knew so many facts. Thank you CNA Insider.

[vaisravana]

That was really interesting. All the information made my head spin, but I learned a lot!

[Bues]

Random Fact: Marine Parade was the largest Land Reclamation project in singapore's history, The coastline was extended by to 15KM out. Everything left of Nicoll Highway was nothing but water before this extension happened.

[GeorgeLimdraw]

Good job, cna for coming out with these types of video

[nicrome]

Adrian pang narrating and the numerous puns make this underrated, its so good

[metalextras]

Wonderful animation, diligent research, interesting storytelling...

[keemarotichai]

this deserves much more views than the 81, 199 now.

[IzharJumadi]

Interesting to know a little history of our shorelines

[ChristopherDaguimol]

Very informative. It was well produced!

[Ezwan-dgoo]

Wonderful documentary!! Thank you CNA Insider and everyone involved. Love it!! 😍👍

[veekwok]

50 years ago, Changi Beach was the go-to place for over-night camping during the school holidays. Those were happy and fun days for teenagers.

[QzSG]

Whoever wrote the script, kudos to all the puns and unique sense of humor 😂😂

[leowjingying]

Do read Mr Yeo Hong Eng’s book, The Little Red Cliff! It’s very insightful. He used to be a teacher at my primary school and gave us all signed copies of his book :)

[krischang]

I still missed economical steamboat buffet and kite flying at marina parade

[ec]

Great video! Would love to see one of the northern coast line of the orang Laut too!