"I'm sure Singaporeans wouldn't want to spoil their own environment and their own image, " she told AFP.

在接受法新社的采访时，来自澳大利亚的48岁游客Hazel Lane说：“继续保持这项禁令是荒谬的。 我相信新加坡人不愿意自己的环境和形象遭到破坏”。

The spoil is held behind a retaining dam, just more than 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) long, visible as a straight line at image lower left.

废弃区被一条仅有1公里(0.6英里)多的挡水坝拦截，见图中左下角的直线位置。