For Rice Media’s story “A Singaporean Couple’s Uphill Battle to Save Their Kelong”, I spent an afternoon with Timothy and Maureen Ng aboard their 51‑year-old wooden "kelong" — an offshore fishing platform — off Pulau Ubin. Despite challenges like rising costs and occupation licence hurdles, they continue to preserve the kelong, driven by a determination to protect this piece of Singapore’s maritime heritage for future generations.
