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What makes Singapore more vulnerable to earthquake? It's being built on reclaimed land?
Mar 12 2007, Irani

Are you planning to construct a building on a reclaimed land? Then find out first — how quake-resistant are buildings on reclaimed land? Then, think over again, especially if it is in a quake-prone area.

Fan Sau Cheong, an engineering professor.

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