KUALA LUMPUR: The government is reviewing all existing agreements related to the issue of selling raw water from Johor to Singapore at a fixed price of 3 sen per 1,000 gallons, which has been in place since 1962, says Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.
Fadillah, who is also Energy Transition and Water Transformation Minister, said this in response to former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's statement that for 61 years (1962-2023), the water deal involved a significant sum which could be seen as a subsidy to Singapore.
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