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Prof Ng (Photo - Economic Society of Singapore) An article in ‘The Online Citizen’ argues that my justification for the recently announced 30% increase in water price is false/wrong, partly because the media reports on my interviews were rather brief. I also received emails accusing me of being ‘unfeeling’, ‘disgusting’.... 

I refer to the 1 Mar 2017 Channel News Asia article “water must be priced in full to reflect its true scarcity, says Masagos”. Mr Masagos was reported to have said that water must be fully priced. Except for the last few years, the government has been making money selling water to the people since day one. In that sense... 

A water price hike when economic conditions are least favourable is indefensible. PAP MPs and ministers have painted themselves into a corner because the decision to increase water prices was made behind closed doors. With the current public outrage, the nincompoops in white are now offering a record number of half truths and...