An artificial beach will find no respite from the relentless sea. No sooner than not, the newly laid sand will be washed away again. The beach will recede. Another repair will be needed and another cost incurred. Cost will, no doubt, escalate astronomically over the indefinite future.

We have already a 10-kilometre stretch of sandy beaches at East Coast Park requiring maintenance. Do we want to create more artificial beaches to inflate the cost further? In view of the high cost, it is also incumbent of all discerning citizens to ask for a public account of the annual expenditure incurred by beach repair.

See how sand is laid over the sand bags | one of many beach-fronts 'eaten' away by the sea |
See also Sembawang Beach - a well-loved natural beach in danger of being reclaimed and 'improved' into another artificial beach. [Photo below: beach repair, ECP, 2006]