RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

MALAYSIA-SINGAPORE RELATION: AN ANALYSIS OF THE WATER CRISIS ISSUE

(MUHAMMAD SYUKHRI BIN SHAFEE, 818981)

INTRODUCTION

• ONCE UPON A TIME, SINGAPORE UNDER MALAYSIA FEDERATION, BEFORE THEY WERE SEPERATED FROM MALAYSIAN ON 1965.

• EVEN IF MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE ARE SEPERATED COUNTRIES BUT STILL HAVE RELATION AND INTERDEPENDENCE EACH OTHER.

• BUT, ONE OF THE ISSUE WERE NOT SETTLE YET UNTIL NOW BY BOTH PARTIES ARE WATER CRISIS.

RESEARCH PROBLEM

• MALAYSIA-SINGAPORE RELATION (AN ANALYSIS OF THE WATER CRISIS ISSUE

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

• FOR MALAYSIAN SIDE, THEY FEEL THAT SELL THE RAW WATER TO SINGAPORE ARE NOT GAIN ANY PROFIT AND IT NOT “WIN-WIN” SITUATION ACCORDING TO PREVIOUS WHICH IS AGREEMENT ON 1962.

• BUT FOR SINGAPORE SIDE, THEY FEEL THAT SELL CLEAN WATER TO MALAYSIAN ARE LOST PROFIT BECAUSE THE PRICE ARE TOO LOW

• BOTH SIDE WILLING TO INCREASE THE PRICE BUT UNTIL NOW THERE IS NO SOLUTION FOR THAT.

• THE AGREEMENT OF WATER BETWEEN BOTH NATIONS WILL EXPIRED ON 2061

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

• WHAT ARE THE STANCE OF MALAYSIAN AND SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT REGARDING THIS CRISIS?

• HOW WATER CRISIS ISSUE EFFECT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MALAYSIAN AND SINGAPOREAN GOVERNMENT?

• WHAT EFFORD HAS BEEN MADE BY BOTH GOVERNMENT TO SETTLE THIS CRISIS.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

• GIVE MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THIS ISSUE TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE THERE.

• IT WILL AUGMENT RESOURCES FOR NEXT GENERATION TO KNOW BETTER UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WATER CRISIS ISSUE.

• IT MAY BE BECOME ONE OF THE SOURCES FOR BOTH NATIONS TO SETTLE THIS CRISIS.

LITERATURE REVIEW

• ACCORDING TO NAGA THEVI (1993), THE AGREEMENT REGARDING WATER BETWEEN BOTH NATION ARE ALREADY SIGNED SINCE BEFORE THE INDEPENDENCE OF MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE.

• LIN (2003) MENTION THE AGREEMENT WERE MADE BY BOTH NATIONS WHICH IS 1961,1962.

• NATHAN (2010), EXPLAIN THE DIFFICULTIES WERE FACED BY BOTH COUNTRIES TO SUPPLY RAW WATER AND CLEAN WATER.

CONTINUE…

• SEGAL & DIANA (2004) TOLD TO US ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVE WAY FOR SINGAPOREAN GET RAW WATER BESIDES MALAYSIAN.

• TAN (2014) MENTION THAT SINGAPORE DEPEND SO MUCH OH MALAYSIA FOR NATURAL RESOURCES ESPECIALLY WATER SINCE LONG TIME AGO.

• YAP, LIM & LEONG (2010), SAID THAT ACTION, POLICIES AND DECISION MADE BY BOTH GOVERNMENT ARE BASE ON POLITICAL VIEW.

• CHIN (2002), JOHOR STARTED THEIR OWN TREATMENT PLAN AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM TO STOP BUYING CLEAN WATER FROM SINGAPORE.

METHOD OF RESEARCH

• PRIMARY SOURCES WHICH IS NEWSPAPER SUCH AS SINAR HARIAN, SUN DAILY (ONLINE NEWSPAPER), NEW STRAITS TIMES AND STRAITS TIMES. INTERVIEW ALSO WILL CONDUCT WITH PERSON WHOSE EXPERT ABOUT MALAYSIA-SINGAPORE RELATION. AT THE SAME TIME CODE FROM GOVERNMENT WEBSITE.

• SECONDARY SOURCES ARE BOOKS, JOURNAL ARTICLE AND SCHOLARLY JOURNAL IN PRINTED AND ELECTRONIC FORM.

IDENTIFICATION OF SOURCES

• PERPUSTAKAAN SULTANAH BAHIYAH (UUM) INCLUSDING E-RESOURCES.

• NATIONAL LIBRARY (KUALA LUMPUR)

• NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SINGAPORE

• GOVERNMENT WEBSITE

CHAPTERISATION

• CHAPTER ONE AS INTRODUCTION.

• CHAPTER TWO WILL BECOME BACKGROUND OF RESEARCH.

• CHAPTER THREE, FOUR AND FIVE WILL BASE THE RESEARCH QUESTION.

• CHAPTER SIX WILL BECOME CONCLUSION OF THE RESEARCH.

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