Malaysia-Singapore Water Saga Continues Chief Minister of Johor, Osman Sapian has chimed in on the Malaysia-Singapore water dispute. Mr Sapian hinted that Malaysia plans to increase water prices in the future by 16 times — from 3 sen (S$0.01) to 50 sen (S$0.17) per thousand gallons. Here’s why we think Malaysia’s latest move is pretty ridiculous and might potentially backfire. Atas water According to the 1962 water agreement, Singapore is entitled to draw a maximum of 250 million gallons per day from the Johor River. This means that Singapore might have to pay Malaysia up to RM 125,000 (S$42,134) on a daily basis. That’s quite a lot to pay for water that would otherwise be flowing into the sea. Source How much are others paying? Singapore’s not the only country in the world that imports water. Hong Kong (HK) imports majority of its water from the neighbouring Guangdong province. On the surface, they are paying only 8 sen/1000 gallons (S$0.027/1000 gallon). But that’s not it. The price of water in HK’s case is inclusive of treatment and delivery costs. Singapore, on the other hand, is already paying for all infrastructure-related expenses. Malaysians may have to pay more too Singapore must provide Johor with […]
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