Chek Jawa
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Tanjong Chek Jawa (or Tanjung Chek Jawa or simply Chek Jawa; Chinese: 仄爪哇) is a cape and the name of its surrounding areas located on the south-eastern tip of Pulau Ubin, an island off the north-eastern coast of the main island of Singapore.
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Previously a virtual unknown, Chek Jawa came into national prominence and focus only since the early 2000s when the area's rich biodiversity was discovered almost by chance during a nature outing at low tide. News on the impending land reclamation works planned by the government on the area sparked a rare show of public-led and coordinated effort to reverse the reclamation plans. The government, in turn, surprised many when they acceeded to these requests in December 2001. The area has been fenced off due to an increase of tourists into the area, damaging the ecosystem in the area. As conservation efforts are being made by the Singapore's Ministry of National Development to preserve the area.
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- Tan, Ria and Yeo, Alan, in association with The Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, The National University of Singapore (2003) Chek Jawa guidebook Singapore: Simply Green ISBN 981-04-8832-7
- Chua, Ee Kiam (2002) Chek Jawa: discovering Singapore's biodiversity Singapore : Simply Green ISBN 981-04-6814-8
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