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Finance Minister, Heng Swee Keat said in the Budget 2017 speech in Parliament, “Water prices were last revised in 2000, almost 20 years ago. We need to update our water prices to reflect the latest costs of water supply,” He noted that the water prices including taxes, will go up by 30 per cent in two phases. The first hike... 

SMOS Indranee First, it was a clown and PAP MP Lee Bee Wah who equated increasing the price of water to “bring[ing] up the awareness of the importance of water”. Now we not only have an MP but a minister, SMOS Indranee, telling us to “bite the bullet” and other jokes. Who’s next? I guess the wayang script calls for... 

I refer to the editorial “Ensuring water supply never ends” and the article “On the actual impact of the hike, and telling it like it is” (Sunday Times, Feb 26). “You can’t run away from the facts … “ The latter states that “She told reporters later: “You can’t run away from the facts – you have to say...