Bad weather can threaten Singapore's water supply, so conservation is important: PM Lee

Published Wed, Sep 14, 2016 · 07:04 AM

[SINGAPORE] The island nation is fortunate to be sheltered from many natural disasters, but bad weather can always threaten the water supply, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong wrote in a Facebook post on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong shared an aerial photograph of Johor's Linggiu Reservoir that he took en route to China a fortnight ago, showing that the reservoir is at only a quarter of its capacity after "several dry years of low rainfall".

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