Johor Chief Minister Osman Sapian announced that the Johor state government has asked the federal government (tun dr mahathir) to revive his pet crooked bridge project. Osman said that he hoped Dr Mahathir will approve their proposal to revive the crooked bridge as it would solve the congestion problem into Singapore and reduce environmental pollution in the Tebrau straits.
The Johor Chief Minister added that a Malaysian delegation led by Economic Affairs Minister Mohamed Azmin would be headed to Singapore to discuss the revival of the crooked bridge as well as discuss the price review of water sold to Singapore.
All these comes just after Singapore gave concessions to Malaysia over the multi-billion dollar KL-Singapore HSR project and agreed to delay the project in the name of good neighbourliness.
With these latest slew of requests, would Malaysia be able to arm twist Singapore into giving it more benefit and concessions. Is the PAP government able to resist the skilled political manoeuvreing of Dr Mahathir and his loyalists like Johor Chief Minister Osman Sapian, or will they fall flat and fail to protect the interests of all Singaporeans?
