Pulau Ubin Singapore Walking Tour【2019】/ 乌敏岛 新加坡徒步旅行【2019】/உபின் தீவு【2019】

Pulau Ubin Singapore Walking Tour. No talking or distracting captions.
🚶‍♂️ Walking the eastern end of Pulau Ubin - Chek Jawa Wetlands - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq3GNIWGpD4

Recorded in 4k with binaural audio on April 2019. You can jump to an interesting moment using the time stamp in the description below.

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Pulau Ubin Info:
Pulau Ubin is an island northeast of mainland Singapore. There are cycling trails and footpaths crisscrossing the island, going past disused granite quarries and traditional kampongs (villages). Kingfishers and bulbul birds inhabit the tidal flats and mangroves of the Chek Jawa Wetlands. The Jejawi observation tower and a looped boardwalk offer views of this area. A local temple, Fo Shan Ting Da Bo Gong Temple, houses statues of local deities.

The name Pulau Ubin literally means "Granite Island" in Malay, which explains the many abandoned granite quarries there. Pulau means "island", and Ubin is said to be a Javanese term for "squared stone". To the Malays, the island is also known as Pulau Batu Ubin, or "Granite Stone Island". The rocks on the island were used to make floor tiles in the past and were called Jubin, which was then shortened to Ubin.

Since the British founding of Singapore, the island has been known for its granite. The numerous granite quarries on the island supply the local construction industry. The granite outcrops are particularly spectacular from the sea because their grooves and fluted sides create furrows and ridges on each granite rock slab.

The granite from Pulau Ubin was used in the construction of Horsburgh Lighthouse. Tongkangs ferried the huge rock blocks (30 by 20 feet) from the island to Pedra Branca, the site of the lighthouse, in 1850 and 1851.

Later, the granite was also used to build the Singapore-Johor Causeway. Most of the quarries are not in operation today and are being slowly recolonised by vegetation or filled with water. Apart from quarrying, farming and fishing were the principal occupations of the inhabitants of the island in the past. It is also called Selat Tebrau (tebrau is a kind of large fish). In the 1970s as the granite quarries closed down and jobs dwindled, residents began leaving the island.

During the 1950s and 1970s, there were 2,000 people living on the island and the Bin Kiang School was established in 1952 for the increasing number of children, from money donated by the Chinese resident. Lessons prior to this were conducted on the village wayang stage. With a student population that once numbered 400, enrolment fell as the Singapore mainland developed. The school closed in 1985 and was demolished on 2 April 2000. There was also a private Malay school around 1956 at Kampung Melayu, which closed in the late 1970s.

Pulau Ubin is one of the last areas in Singapore that has been preserved from urban development, concrete buildings and tarmac roads. As of 2012, there are only 38 people living on the island.

Pulau Ubin's wooden house villages and wooden jetties, relaxed inhabitants, rich and preserved wildlife, abandoned quarries and plantations, and untouched nature make it the last witness of the old kampong Singapore that existed before modern industrial times and large-scale urban development.

Pulau Ubin Singapore Walking Tour Time Stamp:
00:00 Starting journey at Changi Point Ferry Terminal
00:43 Preparing to board bumboat to Pulau Ubin
01:16 Making payment for the boat ride (S$3 as of Apr 2019)
01:34 Friendly traveller says hi 👋😄
02:17 Boat leaving the jetty
13:37 Arriving at Pulau Ubin jetty
14:55 Views of the mainland
15:19 Walking towards Pulau Ubin village
20:43 Vehicles on Ubin only operate on the island. License plates starting with "PU"
21:09 Taxi service old school style
21:27 Village centre of Pulau Ubin
23:12 Pulau Ubin Fo Shan Ting Da Bo Gong Temple (undergoing renovation)
23:48 Chinese Opera Theatre

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Видео Pulau Ubin Singapore Walking Tour【2019】/ 乌敏岛 新加坡徒步旅行【2019】/உபின் தீவு【2019】 канала Discovery Walking Tours TV