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SINGAPORE: The sound of gunshots broke the tranquility of Pulau Ubin on Sunday, July 1
The island was the last scene of an anti-terrorist exercise involving the police and the officers of the Force Singapore civil defense and civilian volunteers
They simulated a terrorist attack to see how people reacted. This was part of the local team's efforts to improve the safety and security of residents and visitors to Pulau Ubin.
Coast Guard police officers were responding to simulated gunmen attacking Pulau Ubin.
"We hope to be able to build a community of prepared citizens who can react quickly and instinctively when the need actually feels," said the State Minister for Defense and Foreign Affairs , Maliki Osman, who was the guest of honor at the event.
"This terrorist threat is growing … over the past year, the country's team is doing everything in its power to protect Singapore from the terrorist threat, but the government's efforts not enough for us alone, together to play this very important role in keeping Singapore safe. "
Dr. Maliki also officially inaugurated on Sunday the renovated district police station in Pulau Ubin ( NPP).
First set up in the 1950s to maintain law and order on the island, it was renovated in the 1990s.
Nuclear Power Plant has since been renovated to improve operational efficiency at the service of Pulau Ubin community, police said.
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