Water price changes a sign of good government
Economist Jochen Krauss says it's inevitable to have water price that reflects investment and operation cost
Singapore
THE fact that water prices have not changed in the last 17 years means that a large part of the investment and technology that went into producing Swiss-quality water levels in Singapore have not been covered by the users themselves.
"It's therefore inevitable there needs to be a price that reflects the investment and the cost of running a sophisticated water system," Jochen Krauss, a partner at Simon-Kucher & Partners, told The Business Times yesterday.
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