Century Gardens (Johor Bahru District)

Malaysia / Johor / Johor Bahru / Johor Bahru District / Tebrau Highway
 commercial, residencial -to be reviewed/cleaned
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Old housing estate
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Coordinates:   1°29'2"N   103°45'39"E

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  • buzzling area
  • good place...
  • Q. How and in what way has Malaysia been twisting and turning during the negotiations with Singapore? A. The documents released in Parliament show clearly that Malaysia has repeatedly changed its mind on the price of water and shifted the goal posts whenever we were close to an agreement. They first agreed to the price of 45 sen for current water supply and 60 sen for future water supply in Sep 01. But in Mar 02, they increased their asking price to 60 sen for water sold from 2002 to 2006, and RM 3 for water sold from 2007 to 2011. Later they increased their demand to RM6.25 for water from 2002. This is a 200-fold increase! The Malaysians also refused to discuss future water supplied to Singapore until 2059, two years before the 1962 Water Agreement runs out. In Dec 98, Malaysia requested to resolve all the outstanding bilateral issues as a package. Singapore agreed. But Malaysia's constant flip-flops in position made it hard to reach any agreement. Finally, it became clear Malaysia did not want to sell future water to Singapore. They even unilaterally called off the package approach. So there was nothing left to negotiate.
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