and this was filed with the United Nations. The 1998 and through 2003 water pricing negotiations were a time when Malaysia and Singapore were trying to negotiate another agreement that would last for 100 years to extend this deadline of 2061. Malaysia was motivated because they needed finances from Singapore to back their currency because there was a financial crisis. And Singapore just wanted to secure water resources for an extended period of time. Once Malaysia no longer needed the finances because they got it from somewhere else, the negotiations were reduced to debates about the water pricing, packaging the water policies with other partisan issues, and just got out of control. In these negotiations, Malaysia tried to increase the price of raw water from 3 cent per 1,000 gallons to 45 cent, then 60 cent, and finally 625 cent per 1,000 gallons to 45 cent, then 60 cent and finally 625 cent per 1,000 gallons in 2002 and as you might expect no agreement was made. Finally I highlight the Johor River Barrage project which was a three year project funded by Singapore