so much generalising is not good.Originally posted by Kranji Babe:I worry that your father might lose his job if we really run out of sand.
yaa... we do not want your father to lose out on our contracts now do we...Originally posted by Kranji Babe:I worry that your father might lose his job if we really run out of sand.
your question is "What is our govt doing about the sand shortage?"Originally posted by Kranji Babe:Price has gone beyond 3-fold now ...
2.My God!Dunt u know gov already built up huge sands reserve along Bedok Reservoir(north west corner).No other gov built up sands resrerve!!Originally posted by LinYu:your question is "What is our govt doing about the sand shortage?"
Answer : They have look into alternative source of sands to fill up the gap left by Indonesia ban. On top of that, they had release their stockpile to ease the shortage.
However there is not much they cannot do with the cost of shipping the sand to spore from further than indonesia.


from business point of view, nothing is really wrong. other govt keeps rice reserve so that the price of rice is controlled and cannot be dictated by the unscruplous businessman. similar?Originally posted by lionnoisy:2.My God!Dunt u know gov already built up huge sands reserve along Bedok Reservoir(north west corner).No other gov built up sands resrerve!!
Top image:right is Bedok Reservoir
Bottom:left is Paya Lebar Air Base
