RE: Singapore – political and strategic overview.

Tomel, please read my post carefully. It is a fact, not nonsense.The Johor state government could have re-examined the charges in 1986 and 1987 when rates for raw water purchased by Singapore and treated water purchased by Johor were up for review. However the Johor state government has chosen not to review the price of water sold to Singapore.In case, you do not understand, the British, who started and created the deal allowed the deal to be reviewed by both Malaysia and Singapore in the year 1986. This means that changes can be made to the deal in 1986. Unfortunately, Malaysia did not voice out any opposition to the deal that time. . Thus, I say that Singapore is kind enough to allow the deal to be changed and reviewed when Malaysia wanted to increase the price in 2002, 16 years after the deadline. Singapore shows that it is willing to change the price of water when it said it wanted the price to be pegged to the price of NEwater. It has also offered to pay Malaysia 60 sen (16 US cents) per thousand gallons, with the price to be adjusted for inflation every five years, in any new agreement. However, Malaysia has rejected it time and again and wants a price higher.