SINGAPORE: Two areas of the beach at East Coast Park , reopen , to the public on Monday ( Jul 22 ) after an oil spill last month.
Locations B and E of East Coast Park have been cleaned, and the ring has been lifted. The various areas – C, D, F, G and H – remain sealed.
” Non-primary contact water sports, such as kayaking, conducted from both areas ( B and E) can resume”, said the National Environment Agency ( NEA ) in a media advisory on Monday.
The government is advised not to swim or engage in key call water sports like wakeboarding and stand-up sailing in the beach waters, despite the fact that it is safe to use the shore.
The organization stated that it is still monitoring the beach water quality, and that water activities you begin entirely only when the water quality is back to normal.
On Jun 14, a Netherlands-flagged dredger , hit a stationary basement vehicle, causing fuel from the latter’s broken goods container to seep into the water.
In the days that followed,  , oil , washed up along some shores,  , including those on Sentosa, East Coast Park and Labrador Nature Reserve, as well as beaches at St John’s, Lazarus and Kusu islands. At Marina South Pier, fuel slicks were also spotted.
CNA has contacted NEA for more information, such as when East Coast Park’s last beach areas may resume.  ,