Green Resort@ Ubin

Lim Jun Jie Andy (2o219) Chua Jia Jie (2o204) Chan Yu Siang (2o202) Liew Le Qi (2o218)

Not more than 800m away from the Agriculture FarmNot more than 2km away from the JettyNot more than 400m away from the Noordin Beach

Our Green Resort is located near the Equator line, at the Southern Hemisphere. It is windy throughout the year because of the Northeast monsoon, especially towards the end and beginning of the year. Furthermore, there are little obstructions as the winds blow from Central Asia, across the Pacific Ocean, to Noordin Beach. Therefore, visitors can enjoy the calm breeze while they are strolling along our beaches.

Our Green Resort is located along the Equator, thus it is warm all year long. Visitors that visit our resort will be able to bask under the comfort of the sun and enjoy the great outdoors.

Our Green Resort is facing the Johor Straits, and guests living at our resort will get to enjoy the waterfront view.

Environmental Impact. Requires large-scale clearance of trees, which would result in the increase of greenhouse gases.

The coast of Noordin Beach is constantly eroded by the powerful waves (18 waves per minute). Therefore, the reconstruction of the beach is needed to raise its aesthetic values.

The influx of visitors might damage/affect the various natural habitats of living things.

Soil erosion in Noordin Beach threatens the geography of the resort’s land

We will practise land reclamation to salvage these lands

We will organise treasure hunts around the island, as a form of leisure activity cum education trail

Injuries are bound to occur as the visitors are travelling themselves, with no tour guide.

Therefore, two first-aid posts will be built in strategic locations.

1) Chinese Opera Theatre Chinese opera performances are held during the

Seventh Month of the lunar calendar during the Hungry Ghost Festival.

2)Taoist Temple This temple was originally a shrine which was upgraded

to a temple to accommodate the increasing numbers of worshippers.

3) Ubin Quarry Granite quarrying supported a few thousand settlers on

Pulau Ubin in the 1960s, but only about a hundred villagers live there today. Ubin quarry is one of the quarries and is now a tourist attraction.

1) Noordin Beach There are 2 beaches on the northern shore of Pulau Ubin. One of them is

Noordin beach. It is a good place for picnickers as it has a nice scenery.2) Orchid Farm The old Orchid Farm is a popular stop for a refreshing drink on weekends.

The farm used to have orchids, but there are none left. However, a few birds and rabbits, as well as a male wild boar can be seen. It is the only wild boar in captivity on the island.

3) Mamam Beach The other beach is the Mamam Beach. One can stop there for a rest or

toilet break during their journey. Mamam Beach was reinforced by a seawall and ringed by wooden railing after it was threatened with serious soil erosion in 1999. There are benches, tables for resting and a toilet nearby. You can

view mangroves plantation from here.

Solar panels will be built on top of the resort to generate solar energy, a green and renewable source of energy.

Will be built using reclaimed materials. Reclaimed materials are those that have been previously used in a building or project, and which are then re-used in another project. These materials can be found from a demolition or re-modelling project

We aim to collaborate with the Public Utilities Board (PUB) to build a NEWater near the resort so that the water consumed by the visitors can be ‘NEWater’ly-treated

NEWater treats sewage waters and this is one of the green methods used in mainland Singapore

The tap water in the island is not potable and NEWater can curb this problem by supplying the whole Pulau Ubin with fresh drinkable water

A NEWater visitor centre will be built in Ubin as a form of tourist attraction

We realised that solar-powered vehicles might not be feasible as light is blocked out by the closely-packed trees; and solar power might not be powerful enough to power a vehicle up and down hills.

The island will use the Tuk-tuk as the main mode of transport for the visitors instead of conventional vans.

It is a motorized version of the traditional rickshaw or velo-taxi, a small three-wheeled cart operated by a single individual and is a 3-wheeled cabin cycle

Mileage: 35 kilometres per litre of diesel

Showcasing: Opera House Quarry Temples

The resort occupies the homes of the hornbills- a type of birds that is protected under the government’s laws

By building the resort, these hornbills will be affected As a result, a hornbill birdpark will be built in the

resort A win-win situation as the tourists can get to see

these diminishing birds

When building this resort, we aim to destroy the wildlife to the smallest extent

The wildlife living on that area of land intended to build the resort will be relocated to other areas in the island

This process will take about 1 month When the animals are relocated to their new homes,

overcrowding will not occur as the forest is big enough to accommodate these wildlife

As the land is forested with little urbanisation, it will be difficult for the resort to be build as the forest ground is unsuitable for building.

Our solution is to relocate the trees first, before importing sand from other countries.

Also, we will relocate the residents to other parts of Pulau Ubin and we will help them build their houses

We will also ensure that their daily lives are not affected by the building of the resort

Visitors can do a lot of things to harm the nature, such as

1) Polluting the sea by littering2) Killing the wildlife3) Damaging the plants

As a result, the nature will be destroyed completely sooner or later, under the hands of the visitors who visit the resort

The ways to resolve the cons:1)Issuing fines to those that damage the

nature2)Educate the visitors as they might not know

the do’s and don’ts to the nature3)Employ park rangers to monitor the nature4)Incentives to the residents living near the

area.

Construct Groynes to protect the coast from the hungry waves

DEFENCE COST ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES

Sea wall SGD $10321 per m

Very strong,but may reflect waves,causing turbulence and undercutting . Very expensive.

Rock revetment

SGD $7740 per m

Absorbs the energy of the waves. Over timethe rocks break up. Unsightly.

Offshore bar SGD $8600 per m

Protects the base of the cliff. Must be large rocks or will be moved by storms.

Groynes SGD $8600 eachTrap sand if there is any to trap. Steal sand 100m apart from beaches downdrift increasing erosion.

Beach nourishment

SGD $6020 per m

Absorbs wave action. May need replacing over time.

Solar Panels SGD $5.85 per watt

Renewable and non-polluting. Require little maintenance. Makes no noise. Very expensive.

Mini-Dams $140,000 per dam Efficient power source. Power produced affected when current passing through is not strong.

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