You have to laugh at this one. Singapore is looking at re-opening the granite quarry on Pulau Ubin to get an alternative sources of granite. With Singapore's supply of granite and sand lowering due to the ban by Indonesia, the Singapore government is now looking desperate.
It's one thing to look for alternative sources but really, how much can you get from the quarry in Ubin. Nowhere near enough to replace even a percentage of what was lost in Indonesia. Pulau Ubin may once have been a thriving centre for granite quarrying, employing hundreds of people but the magic word there is ONCE! And once mining starts, we can all say goodbye to the environment there.
Now, why don't we sit down and talk nicely to the Indonsians. Outside the land issue, they also want Singapore to give them white-collar criminals who have fled Indonesia to Singapore. So they want us to hand over criminals, right? When has that been a problem for Singapore? It seems to be a very reasonable request. Catch criminals wanted in Indonesia and hand them over to them...why not? It's better than destroying the environment in Ubin, right?
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