Yes I agree I believe the issue is blown out of proportion by politicians for their own gain.
As for the points noted in your MFA, I could point to you another version in my MFA with exact opposite facts, so its all redundant posturing by us mere mortals. (Only LKY and Mahathir knows the real agenda)
What i do know is that in your media, you only see what the government print so, your view may or may not be biased. BUT then again, seeing you on slashdot tells me you are not the average mindless person on the street =)
As for the "defend" against big borther, well how would u feel if someone else from say a "rich and influential" landlord family tells u how to run your family? and stresses that if you don't comply they'll make life difficult for you? I know you guys may feel we are paranoid, but also put yourselves in our shoes and feel for a moment.
Anyway with abdullah doing a great job cleaning up the MY political scene, things are lokking better each day =) Continued success to both sides of the causeway in future i say!!
Anyway, cheers to girls on both sides of the causeway, I made a couple of really hot girl friends, while partying in KL:P~~
We do desalination too
Right now NEWater figures to be slightly more cost effective.
We have also flirted with obtaining water from moisture in the air (www.hyflux.com)
As a Singaporean i feel compelled to explain why i feel NEWater is important to us.
To understand why the development of NEWater is necessitated you need to know some background about us.
We(Singapore) are tiny(640km Square) and have no natural resources, our water supply is mianly from Malaysia(northen neighbours) and our reservoirs and some from Indonesia(Southern neighbours).
The bulk of water supply agreeements with Malaysia were made just before and after UK left Singapore (no longer colonised).
However in recent history, Politicians in Malaysia (namely Mahathir) have used Singapore as a whipping boy in their domestic elections to distract voters from domestic issues. They have many a times delared their intent to cut off our water supply(which will lead to war) if we do not "do" as they wish(numerous interference in our domestic issue).
That of course is impossible as we are a sovereign nation in our own right.
This is because of baggage from the past as Singapore was once part of Malaysia before the Brits colonised us. And Malaysia and Singapore were part Malaysian federation for 2 years after the Brits left (We left because we wanted a society built on meritoracy, not based on racial preferences which to this day Malaysia still has - affirmative action for Malays, which forms the MAJORITY of the population in Malaysia, meaning minorities(Chinese, Indians) are discriminated against!!!!).
So somehow, the older generation of leaders there are resentful of the fact that we have separated and have done very well without them for the past 38years.
Hence the need to develop altenative sources of DRINKING water. For our SURVIVAL, Should they go against international law and revoke the water supply contracts.
As a Singaporean i feel compelled to explain why i feel NEWater is important to us.
To understand why the development of NEWater is necessitated you need to know some background about us.
We(Singapore) are tiny(640km Square) and have no natural resources, our water supply is mianly from Malaysia(northen neighbours) and our reservoirs and some from Indonesia(Southern neighbours).
The bulk of water supply agreeements with Malaysia were made just before and after UK left Singapore (no longer colonised).
However in recent history, Politicians in Malaysia (namely Mahathir) have used Singapore as a whipping boy in their domestic elections. They have many a times delared their intent to cut off our water supply(which will lead to war) if we do not "do" as they wish(numerous interference in our domestic issue).
That of course is impossible as we are a sovereign nation in our own right.
This is because of baggage from the past as Singapore was once part of Malaysia before the Brits colonised us. And Malaysia and Singapore were part Malaysian federation for 2 years after the Brits left (We left because we wanted a society built on meritoracy, not based on racial preferences which to this day Malaysia still has - affirmative action for Malays, which forms the MAJORITY of the population in Malaysia, meaning minorities(Chinese, Indians) are discriminated against!!!!).
So somehow, the older generation of leaders there are resentful of the fact that we have separated and have done very well without them for the past 38years.
Hence the need to develop altenative sources of DRINKING water. For our SURVIVAL, Should they go against international law and revoke the water supply contracts.
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The design of the car was not quite what I expected to see after i read that:
"It accelerates faster than a Porsche 911 Turbo, and will cruise for 200 miles on a one hour charge" =)
Yes I agree I believe the issue is blown out of proportion by politicians for their own gain. As for the points noted in your MFA, I could point to you another version in my MFA with exact opposite facts, so its all redundant posturing by us mere mortals. (Only LKY and Mahathir knows the real agenda) What i do know is that in your media, you only see what the government print so, your view may or may not be biased. BUT then again, seeing you on slashdot tells me you are not the average mindless person on the street =) As for the "defend" against big borther, well how would u feel if someone else from say a "rich and influential" landlord family tells u how to run your family? and stresses that if you don't comply they'll make life difficult for you? I know you guys may feel we are paranoid, but also put yourselves in our shoes and feel for a moment. Anyway with abdullah doing a great job cleaning up the MY political scene, things are lokking better each day =) Continued success to both sides of the causeway in future i say!! Anyway, cheers to girls on both sides of the causeway, I made a couple of really hot girl friends, while partying in KL :P~~
We do desalination too Right now NEWater figures to be slightly more cost effective. We have also flirted with obtaining water from moisture in the air (www.hyflux.com)
As a Singaporean i feel compelled to explain why i feel NEWater is important to us.
To understand why the development of NEWater is necessitated you need to know some background about us.
We(Singapore) are tiny(640km Square) and have no natural resources, our water supply is mianly from Malaysia(northen neighbours) and our reservoirs and some from Indonesia(Southern neighbours).
The bulk of water supply agreeements with Malaysia were made just before and after UK left Singapore (no longer colonised).
However in recent history, Politicians in Malaysia (namely Mahathir) have used Singapore as a whipping boy in their domestic elections to distract voters from domestic issues. They have many a times delared their intent to cut off our water supply(which will lead to war) if we do not "do" as they wish(numerous interference in our domestic issue).
That of course is impossible as we are a sovereign nation in our own right.
This is because of baggage from the past as Singapore was once part of Malaysia before the Brits colonised us. And Malaysia and Singapore were part Malaysian federation for 2 years after the Brits left (We left because we wanted a society built on meritoracy, not based on racial preferences which to this day Malaysia still has - affirmative action for Malays, which forms the MAJORITY of the population in Malaysia, meaning minorities(Chinese, Indians) are discriminated against!!!!).
So somehow, the older generation of leaders there are resentful of the fact that we have separated and have done very well without them for the past 38years.
Hence the need to develop altenative sources of DRINKING water. For our SURVIVAL, Should they go against international law and revoke the water supply contracts.
As a Singaporean i feel compelled to explain why i feel NEWater is important to us.
To understand why the development of NEWater is necessitated you need to know some background about us.
We(Singapore) are tiny(640km Square) and have no natural resources, our water supply is mianly from Malaysia(northen neighbours) and our reservoirs and some from Indonesia(Southern neighbours).
The bulk of water supply agreeements with Malaysia were made just before and after UK left Singapore (no longer colonised).
However in recent history, Politicians in Malaysia (namely Mahathir) have used Singapore as a whipping boy in their domestic elections. They have many a times delared their intent to cut off our water supply(which will lead to war) if we do not "do" as they wish(numerous interference in our domestic issue).
That of course is impossible as we are a sovereign nation in our own right.
This is because of baggage from the past as Singapore was once part of Malaysia before the Brits colonised us. And Malaysia and Singapore were part Malaysian federation for 2 years after the Brits left (We left because we wanted a society built on meritoracy, not based on racial preferences which to this day Malaysia still has - affirmative action for Malays, which forms the MAJORITY of the population in Malaysia, meaning minorities(Chinese, Indians) are discriminated against!!!!).
So somehow, the older generation of leaders there are resentful of the fact that we have separated and have done very well without them for the past 38years.
Hence the need to develop altenative sources of DRINKING water. For our SURVIVAL, Should they go against international law and revoke the water supply contracts.