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=== Rising water cost === | === Rising water cost === | ||
* Amy Khor made an address at the 18th World Water Congress in Beijing on Monday (11 Sep 2023), stating that cost of water delivery in Singapore is increasing and may persist in this trend despite the incorporation of innovative technologies, | |||
* "By '''right-pricing water''', we’ve managed to sustain these investments financially.”<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250306125308/https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2023/09/13/water-prices-in-singapore-set-to-reflect-rising-delivery-costs-despite-technological-efforts-says-amy-khor/</ref> | |||
* in the same month, news reports emerged about water prices to be raised by 18% over two phases in 2024 and 2025, both times on April 1.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250306125407/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/water-prices-singapore-increase-two-phases-vouchers-3796726</ref> | |||
* Water would then cost consumers an additional 50 cents per cubic meter, starting with a 20-cent increase in April 2024 and a 30-cent rise in April 2025.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250306130148/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/s-pore-water-price-to-rise-by-50-cents-per-cubic-m-by-2025-lower-middle-income-families-to-get-help</ref> | |||
* this came after the most recent adjustment in 2017, which led to a 30% increase over two years and sparked a protest at Hong Lim Park. | |||
== Social Media Pages == | == Social Media Pages == | ||