Water is a strategic resource. Essential to have in cheap abundance in order to develop and progress.
LKY's intransigence has give the Malaysians the competitive advantage to surpass us. Now some of you may snigger. But remember that now they have better purchasing power than us. It wasn't so 20 years ago.
We can only get more and more expensive while they continue a relaxed and enjoyable lifestyle. PAP has kept Singaporean in the dark about how good the standard of living in Malaysia truly is. Of course there are some issues, but life is better there.
Ever realised why we went into recession so quick while our neighbours stayed happily in the black? Because their governance is based on making their citizens happy and a good steady hand on the financial front by their central bank.
Now envy this: Two cars fully paid. Add to that a couple of motorcycle for your kids to go to school and run errands. A nice big landed house. Mind you, not a kampong house but a modern terraced 2 storey unit complete with modern municipal amenities. Freehold that you can pass on to your children. Cheap electricity, water, petrol, cooking gas. Free school and healthcare. Affordable basic necessities like rice, sugar, oil, milk. A relaxed working culture sans the nitpicking and calculative corporate practices. Low and most times non-existent tax system. Land, land and more land that you can own and develop and pass on to your grandchildren. An EPF (similar to CPF) that won't prevent you from enjoying your retirement by constantly delaying withdrawal.