TR EMERITUS

I published a second reply to Colin’s comment on my justifications for water price increase in The Online Citizen on 4 March, Colin published a further comment on 7 March arguing again that all my points are ‘bullshit’. I reply briefly herewith for a final time, as I do not have time to prolong the debate and as... 

Maybe it’s not all politics when contrasting the 30% hike with what VivianB said in 2015 about water being priced correctly: there was no need to change the price because PUB has improvements in membrane tech and productivity and that the water tariff and WCT reflected the scarcity of water. I just remembered that for several... 

I refer to the article “Water a critical asset that must be priced right, say ministers” (Straits Times, Mar 2). It states that “Water is a matter of national security and has to be priced correctly to reflect its strategic importance and scarcity value, two ministers said yesterday. Speaking on the second day of debate...