{
  "id": 3492074,
  "title": "Singapore’s future island plan stirs concern over reefs and old fishing grounds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/singapores-future-island-plan-stirs-concern-over-reefs-and-old",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T10:35:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3365339/singapores-future-island-plan-stirs-concern-over-reefs-and-old-fishing-grounds"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Few have spent as much time in the waters surrounding Singapore’s southwestern islands as fisherman Hamzah Mohamad, 71. The former resident of Pulau Sudong has been fishing, primarily by setting up bubu – wire fish traps in Malay – in the rocky coral reefs surrounding Sudong, Bukom and Semakau for more than half a century. He knows the underwater reefs by heart, what the wind changes mean for…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}