Protected Places In Singapore: Pedra Branca and Others

Protected Places In Singapore: Pedra Branca And Others

Pedra Branca is an island to the east of Singapore that is declared as one of the protected places in Singapore. In one of my earlier posts, I had expressed a lunatic desire to visit Pedra Branca.

Today I just learnt that trespassers of protected areas and protected places in Singapore are liable to be fined or jailed if caught without a valid permit or permission. If you are interested in the finer details, you can read up on the Protected Areas and Protected Places Act here. I guess I'll have to wait for the official Pedra Branca open house ......

Pedra Branca is not the only protected place in Singapore. There are many such protected places in Singapore. In my travels around Singapore for my Seen This Scene That hobby, I have seen several protected places with a big red warning sign of a person pointing a weapon at another; but at that time, the need to snap a photograph was not apparent.

Currently I have only two photographs of such protected places in Singapore. Do you recognise where these protected places are?

Protected Place Number 1 (below):



Protected Place Number 2 (below):


If you have more pictures of such protected places, why not put them up on your blog and leave a message in the comments below so that I can take a look?

Do you know of any other protected areas and protected places in Singapore?

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Dreaming Of A Visit To Pedra Branca And Horsburg Lighthouse Singapore

Pedra Branca with Horsburg Lighthouse

Dreaming Of A Visit To Pedra Branca And Horsburg Lighthouse, Singapore

The International Court of Justice in the Hague has awarded Pedra Branca to Singapore in a verdict delivered by a 12 to 4 vote by the 16-member court of judges today. The ICJ awarded Middle Rocks, a maritime feature 0.6 nautical miles from Pedra Branca, to Malaysia by a 15 to 1 verdict. According to the ICJ, South Ledge “belongs to the State in the territorial waters of which it is located” but as the court was “not mandated to draw the line of delimitation with respect to the territorial waters of Malaysia and Singapore in the area in question”, nobody knows who owns it.

In any case, what this means is that Horsburg Lighthouse now belongs to Singapore and the island on which it stands will be known as Pedra Branca instead of Pulau Batu Puteh. My hope is that one day, Pedra Branca could become a tourist attraction of Singapore, with its political background history, ancient lighthouse and marine wild life habitat providing compelling reasons for visitors to brave seasickness for a half day tour of the island and its lighthouse.

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