EDITOR ’ S NOTE
Chairman Lim Geok Khoon
PUBLISHER John Thet | thet @ uw360 . asia
EDITORIAL Associate Editors Janeen Loh | janeen @ uw360 . asia Ian Bongso-Seldrup | ian @ uw360 . asia Editorial Consultant Gao Qiang ( China ) Field Editors Glenn Yong ( Singapore ) Jonathan Lin ( Singapore )
“ I am absolutely enraptured by the atmosphere of a wreck . A dead ship is the house of a tremendous amount of life – fish and plants . The mixture of life and death is mysterious , even religious . There is the same sense of peace and mood that you feel on entering a cathedral .” – Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Wrecks are enigmatic , revered , and sometimes dangerous . Yet they can be found in abundance : It is estimated that there are around three million wrecks underwater . But for the majority of the population , these treasure troves remain hidden beneath the waves .
With Asia being a hotspot in the theatre of World War II , its waters host a plethora of historical wrecks waiting to be explored . While some are the result of a rich history , others are purposefully-sunk as artificial reefs . Either way , these wrecks have now become home to the ocean ’ s creatures , sustaining new life when all was dead .
The serene picture has been tainted by the unbecoming act of illegal salvaging . Yet again , humans are destroying what Nature has restored . Might it be best that these wrecks remain lost ?
Glenn Yong
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Publisher of the Year 2014 , 2015 John THET
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A lamp keeps a lonely vigil atop the bow gun on the wreck of the Unkai Maru Image © Andrew Marriott
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