SINGAPORE, Sept. 8 -- Singapore has reportedly reclaimed 800 hectaresof land at Pulau Tekong using empoldering, its first below-sea-level land reclamation project, in a move to strengthen the country's long-term climate resilience and land-use strategy.

According to The Straits Times, the reclaimed site will be used for military training, freeing up mainland land for housing and amenities, Singapore's Housing and Development Board (HDB) and national water agency (PUB) said in a joint statement.

The agencies reportedly said that empoldering reduced sand use by nearly half compared with conventional reclamation, with further savings achieved by reusing more than 10 million cubic metres of clay from the project's stormwater pond.

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