Weekend flash floods show that Singapore needs to invest more to deal with effects of climate change, says minister | Singapore

Tuesday, 20 Apr 2021 10:51 AM MYT
Prolonged rain on April 17 and 18, 2021, saw flash floods occur around Singapore, prompting national water agency PUB to issue flood-risk warnings for more than 20 locations. — Picture via Facebook/ Roads.sg
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SINGAPORE, April 20 — Flash floods over the weekend showed that even after Singapore has spent S$2 billion (RM6.2 billion) to improve drainage over the last decade, it still needs to invest more to deal with the effects of climate change.
This is why the Singapore government is pumping in another S$1.4 billion in the next five years to enhance the country’s drainage systems, Grace Fu, the minister for sustainability and the environment, said yesterday.

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