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Sentosa-Brani masterplan TWO ISLANDS TO BE SPLIT INTO FIVE ZONES

1 Vibrant Cluster2 Island Heart 3 Waterfront 4 Ridgeline 5 Beachfront Long-term plans to reshape the resort island and the adjacent It spans the two It will feature On Pulau Brani, It will connect green spaces It will be rejuvenated Pulau Brani into a premier leisure and tourism destination. islands, will have hotels, conference it will house a from Mount Faber to Mount with a water show, large-scale spaces, dining and “futuristic” Imbiah and feature nature fairgrounds and attractions. retail shops. Discovery Park. and heritage attractions. other attractions. BY THE NUMBERS Mount Number of distinct Faber zones in the redeveloped WEST COAST HIGHWAY islands. 2022 Target completion of rst milestone $90 5 project, Sentosa Sensoryscape. Keppel East Wharf million SENTOSA BOARDWAY SENTOSA Cost of Sentosa GATEWAY Sensoryscape, which BRANI ISLAND 30,000 sq m will link Resorts World Resorts World Total area of Sentosa Sensoryscape, approximately Sentosa with the Sentosa the size of 5½ football elds. island’s beaches. Tiger Sky Tower

1 Siloso Beach Sentosa Merlion Sentosa Sensoryscape Sentosa SENTOSA Beach Station

Palawan Beach

Singapore Strait

New attractions will sit alongside Resorts World Sentosa.

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Indoor and outdoor activity spaces in the heart of the island. Bird’s eye view of Sentosa Sensoryscape.

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Pulau Brani will house a “futuristic” Discovery Park. Expanded nature and heritage trails and attractions. Sentosa’s revitalised beaches will be connected to the mainland.

NOTE: Photos are artist’s impressions. Source: SENTOSA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PHOTOS: SENTOSA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, JASON QUAH, THE NEW PAPER STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS

fare, which will occupy about The Ridgeline zone will connect Quek. There is thus a need for a 30,000 sq m, will connect the green spaces from Mount Faber wider thoroughfare, and the Senso- $90m project mainland-facing Resorts World to Mount Imbiah and feature na- ryscape will double the current Sentosa with the beaches in the ture and heritage attractions, pedestrian capacity, he said. south, and replace the existing while Sentosa’s beaches will be re- “We won’t relocate the Merlion walkway. juvenated with a water show, fair- because of its size, but we are con- Lookout points, water features grounds and other attractions in sidering how to commemorate it,” and other architectural elements the Beachfront zone. said Mr Quek. to link Sentosa’s will create a multi-sensory experi- Transport connectivity will also A new icon for Sentosa is also be- ence for visitors strolling across the be enhanced, and a “Downtown ing considered, he added. island, Sentosa Development Cor- South” resort modelled after the He confirmed that the Police poration (SDC) said yesterday. labour movement-run Downtown Coast Guard headquarters on Pulau Its completion by 2022 will mark East in Pasir Ris will likely be built Brani will remain, but said that north, south shores the first milestone of the blueprint on Pulau Brani. other plans for the island are still for the two islands, to be rolled out The 1.22 sq km Pulau Brani, about being developed. in phases over the next two to a quarter the size of Sentosa, now Senior Minister of State for Trade three decades. houses a port terminal, which will and Industry Chee Hong Tat, who Details of the Sentosa-Brani mas- move to Tuas by 2027, along with revealed plans to reshape the two is- terplan, announced by Prime Minis- the terminals in Keppel and Tan- lands in line with plans for the main- ter Lee Hsien Loong during the Na- jong Pagar. land last year, said that the blue- tional Day Rally last month, were re- SDC chief executive Quek Swee print aims to position Singapore as vealed at a media briefing on Sen- Kuan said that rather than having a leading tourist destination over Merlion to be demolished as Sentosa and Pulau Brani are reshaped tosa yesterday. distinct identities, the islands will the coming decades. The two islands will be divided be linked and integrated in their de- “There are also plans to see how Tiffany Fumiko Tay The demolition of the Merlion Work to demolish the towering into five zones. The Vibrant Cluster velopment, leveraging their island we can, in the short and medium statue is part of long-term plans to 37m statue, located in the heart of zone, which spans the two islands, charm and proximity to the city. term, enhance the value of... the reshape the resort island and the ad- Sentosa, will begin by the year end, will have large-scale attractions. Is- When the Merlion statue was con- Southern Islands for eco-tourism, One of Sentosa’s famous structures jacent Pulau Brani into a premier when construction on the $90 mil- land Heart will feature hotels, con- structed in 1995, visitorship to Sen- for families to visit and learn about will be making way for a themed leisure and tourism destination. lion Sentosa Sensoryscape project ference spaces, dining and shops, tosa was between four million and a part of Singapore,” he said. thoroughfare that will link its north The last day of operations for the will commence. while the Waterfront zone on Pulau six million, compared with more and south shores. Merlion will be on Oct 20. The new double-level thorough- Brani will house a Discovery Park. than 19 million last year, said Mr [email protected]