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Old 07-17-2002, 11:53 PM   #46
Hayashi
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Join Date: March 25, 2001
Location: The Lion City
Age: 64
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Originally posted by Kakero:
can't singapore get their water suppy from indonesia instead? why keep haggling around with some malaysian minister who only want to slaughter singapore with their suppose new water price?
The nearest part of Malaysia is literally about a mile away. It's easy to pump water via the Causeway as the distance is relatively short.
Getting water from Indonesia, otoh, is more complicated as (I suppose) the nearest source would be hundreds of miles away. Plus there is no guarentee that the Indons too would hold us ransom by threatening to cut off our water.
Hence our drive for self sufficiency in water. I suppose we learnt from the Japanese attack on Malaya in 1942 - the Brits blew up the Causeway (& the water supply) as they retreated and from that point on Singapore was doomed. At that time there were only three reservoirs, enough to last just about a week or so.
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