An Accidental Second Shot at Punggol Point

I made my way to Punggol Point again, the second time in a few months. The first time I was in a car driven by a friend, and was shocked to find out "progress" had encroached upon what had been a rustic beach from   old photos. The stopover of 20 minutes or so was enough for me to gauge the extent of the redevelopment. Thankfully not everything is man-made; I could still find pockets of nature, views that would not have changed much from the Old Punggol. At the boardwalk, the landform of Ubin loomed large ahead, a picturesque setting too good for my camera to miss. I did not know it then, till I was looking for old Punggol photos on the internet, that I had just taken an accidental second shot!


Both old photos are from the Lee Kip Lin collection in PictureSG by NLB. What has changed and what has not at the end of Punggol Road?

From the Lee Kip Lin Collection.  All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.

The beach at Punggol Point today