[WhatDoYouThink?]

For reclaimed land, the main contractor needs to work the earth, to install "vertical drains" to remove ground water, it needs a few years to allow the ground to settle before any piling is carried  out, else the concrete piles will simply sink into the earth, as reclaimed land is made up of marine clay......

they'd acquired the technologies so that's not a problem. 

the idea was to attract foreigners and sinkees there, but that would need a dedicated bridge and immigration clearance there, and since the kl-sg hsr was scrapped, it's not a gd idea to invest now