FOR USE WITH STORY SINGAPORE ISLAND, 1997-09-05 (photo)

FOR RELEASE WITH STORY BC-SINGAPORE-ISLAND - A young boy cycles from a bicycle rental store on the island of Pulau Ubin. The island off the northern coast of Singapore with just 600 inhabitants, is something of an alter ego to the modern bustling city state. There are charming kelongs or fishing traps, plantations and mangrove swamps, all vestiges of a bygone era. Nature lovers come to the island, shaped like a boomerang and just eight km long and 1.5 km wide, to bird-watch and hike while sports enthusiast like to thrash around in the bush on moutain bikes. Picture taken on August 30. FEATURE SINGAPORE