UPDATED: S’pore to import gas: MM
Singapore makes another move to reduce dependence on Malaysia and Indonesia. ST:
SINGAPORE will be importing liquified natural gas from Qatar and storing it in a facility currently under construction on Jurong Island.
Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew confirmed the country’s plans to diversify its gas supply, currently made up of gas piped in from Malaysia and Indonesia, during a dialogue session on Tuesday.
The partnership with Qatar, the world’s biggest natural gas producer, comes amid uncertainties with the current suppliers, said Mr Lee during the session, which was part of the Singapore International Water Week and World Cities Summit 2010.
‘We are buying gas from our neighbours, they are thinking of upping the price in spite of the contract,’ he said to an audience of 700 senior officials and delegates.
Update: The Energy Market Authority has “clarified” Lee’s remarks, who apparently meant that gas may or may not be imported from Qatar.
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Why does Singapore have to import gas. Isn’t LKY producing enough?
Why does Singapore have to import gas? Is it that we have so much money we just
want to throw it around to impress others?
We should put all the money we have into our National Hero so that He shall be with
us for many, many more years to come providing the entire nation with an endless
supply of gas to meet all out needs. His forecasting gas is infinitely superior to the
various gases found all over the world.
Singapore is really a god-lee land.