[Water tariffs are increasing. Let the complaints begin!
Oh here's one!]
ST Forum
Forum writer Ng Chun Jin has not heard of many countries or cities that would raise water charges by so much.
23 Feb 2017
The Government, by proposing a 30 per cent tax hike, clearly views water as an economic good rather than a basic necessity. This is a disconnect in principle that requires further examination.
The United Nations, on July 28, 2010, acknowledged that clean drinking water and sanitation are essential to the realisation of all human rights.
