Its a little known fact that singapore has been battling to deliver enough water to its population for a long time. Water channels can be found alongside almost every road. Precious water is collected to ensure not a single drop is wasted. Instructed to turn sea water into Drinking Water. Currently two plants process around 25 of singapores water. Why has the country invested so much in securing its water resources. This is the strait which runs between singapore and malaysia, it is here we find the reason why singapore is striving to secure an independent water supply. In the 1960s, the country signed two agreements with malaysia to import the necessary volume of water through the pipes stretching across the strait. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our guest of honor. He was known as singapores Founding Fathers and believes the most pressing issue was water supply. Told the british high commissioner from singapore doesnt know what i want, ill stretch out the water supply. So i kne
Father of a man shot and killed by Richmond Police says two different stories emerge. Thank you for joining us. Richard perezs family says last sundays shooting was underand want the officer involved prosecuted. Cornell bernard spoke with the perez family and is live in richmond. Reporter friends and family of richard petey perez is gathered here at nichols park in richmond after his funeral today. Theyre demanding justice for his death. I raised my son well. He had respect for the law. Grieving father, rick perez, says his son didnt have to die last sunday after getting into a confrontation with a Richmond Police officer here at uncle sams liquor store. Only guilty of one thing, that night, and that was being intoxicated. The family of richard petey perez held a News Conference after their sons funeral, along with their attorney, john buris, police say 31yearold wally jensen, six year veteran of the force, saw perez at the liquor store, acting bell illini gent. When the officer asked
Authorities deliver on their ommitment, which we have every reason to believe they will. Gentleman in the middle . Chris giles from the financial times. Madam, the i. M. F. Regularly gives other countries advice and cause for a plan b, most recently asking the e. B. Foment give effort on things. Is it time now for a plan b. For the i. M. F. Where you circumvent the u. S. . You know, i dont think our institution should move to plan until we have full certainty that plan a is definitely dead. Im not prepared to declare that that the point. And i very strongly hope that he results of the institution, the pressure brought to bear by the members of this institution on all those who have not yet ratifying will deliver fruit in the not too distant future. Ok. Going to say stay in the middle. Lady in the white jacket. Thank you. My question is about japan. Your projection with lower with 0. 3. And do you still believe in economics . If so, why . Especially third al lowe since not working well,
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