Water industry to get S$200m boost: PM Lee
The funds are in addition to the S$400m put into R&D in water technology since 2006
Singapore
SINGAPORE'S water industry is set to expand, buoyed by an infusion of S$200 million from the National Research Foundation (NRF) under the Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) 2020 Plan.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, speaking at a dialogue during a ceremony and banquet at the handing out of the biennial Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize and Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize on Monday, said: "Droughts are going to be a problem for us in Singapore; we have to prepare for our own water supply, which for us has always been a strategic and high-priority issue, and we are putting a lot of resources into it.
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