- Pahang will soon be selling water to Selangor/KL. I don't think Pahang would be happy to receive 3 sen per thousand gallons.
- Melaka has been paying Johore 30 sen per thousand gallons and is still doing so and will continue to do so I suppose. Would Johore be asking for more than 30 sen in the future? God knows.
- In 2011 the first agreement with Singapore to sell 350 million gallons of raw water daily at 3 sen per thousand gallons will end. What would we do then? I suspect despite Singapore's famous Newater, it would still need the 350 million gallons daily.
- The other treaty would end by 2060 in which the price is also 3 sen per thousand gallons. But without the 350 million gallons daily according to the first treaty, Singapore's rapidly increasing population of new immigrants would not have enough water.
- So, the amount supplied according to the first treaty would be even more crucial despite Newater and desalination.
- The Government of Tun Abdullah had very cleverly decided not to raise any of the issues outstanding with Singapore after the bridges were jettisoned. I suppose this charitable act would help cement friendship with that city-state with a per capita income of US$36,000 (Malaysia's per capita incidentally is US$7,000, i.e one-fifth of Singapore).
- 2011 is not too far away. Have we thought about extending the 2011 treaty or not extending it or negotiating a new water supply agreement? Are we going to be charitable again and sell raw water at 3 sen per thousand gallons to our rich neighbour?
- Being charitable and not raising prickly issues is a good way to make friends. But what is the cost to the people of Malaysia.
Dear Mr. Adel,
ReplyDeleteIt is nice to get to read your blog from time to time and it is for sure a privilege for me to learn more about Sudan through your blog. I am very happy that you have labeled this post with Malaysia and Sudan. being a person from Sudan I know that Sudan will face a water struggle soon, some might disagree with me in this statement because the assumption that the Nile river will stop is not in the factor of our world formulas today for those people I would say don’t forget that Sudan in 2010 will face a referendum and with the increase power dams everywhere through the Nile river we might witness a water struggle sooner then we think, or I might be wrong,
Thanks for the post
Dear Mahid.. Thanks for visiting my Blog and posting your comments.. However, The will for Sudan to be or not, as well as many underdeveloped countries; is no longer in the hands of its natives.. Global politics had ruined our own establishments, and no one can predict what's the next to come.. Yet, the emotional hopes for our country to survive and make a sense; still hardly beat in our chests.. All the best, and keep blogging..
ReplyDeleteDear Adil,
ReplyDeleteI am a person who believes that constrictive criticism is important for our nation, i would like to point out that the Sudan today is not the Sudan today because of Global politics, I would like to also state that we need to remember that the Sudan we know has been destroyed by his own people from militaristic regimes to regimes that clam to be Islamic and have nothing to do with Islam. The west is not the enemy nor is global poliation who might have a say from sometimes, the people who destroyed Sudan, are from sudan themself, these people who clam to be sudanese, for long have destroyed there country with dictatorship ruling and brother fighting brother in the north-south war and in the introduction of communist ideas like the dictator nemari and much,much more. I am welling and interested in making a post about this topic and I would like to invite you for your thought and comments because for sure I would learn from you a lot. i know we might disagree in some cases but i also know that we agree in a lot more then we might disagree in.