Cover Image

The water agreement of 1927 and singapore's supremacy: the origins and implication for water supply between johor and singapore in the colonial period

This article discusses the significance of the water agreement of 1927 in reference to the origins and historical development of water supply between Johore and Singapore during the colonial period. From historical perspective, this agreement is the first water agreement signed between Johore as a B...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: A Rahman Tang Abdullah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fakulti Kemanusiaan, Seni dan Warisan, UMS 2014
Subjects:
DS595.8-597.215 History
DS597.22-599 Local history and description
Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42612/1/FULL%20TEXT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42612/
https://doi.org/10.51200/ejk.v20i.137
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.ums.eprints.42612
record_format eprints
spelling my.ums.eprints.426122025-01-14T05:02:07Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42612/ The water agreement of 1927 and singapore's supremacy: the origins and implication for water supply between johor and singapore in the colonial period A Rahman Tang Abdullah DS595.8-597.215 History DS597.22-599 Local history and description This article discusses the significance of the water agreement of 1927 in reference to the origins and historical development of water supply between Johore and Singapore during the colonial period. From historical perspective, this agreement is the first water agreement signed between Johore as a British protectorate and Singapore as the capital of the British Colony of The Straits Settlements. Despite the fact that this agreement had been abrogated in 1961 with the signing of the subsequent water agreements, most of its fundamental provisions still remains in effect. Thus, this article reveals the preceding events leading to the signing of the agreement, analyses the water agreements of 1927 and its implication for historical development of water supply to Singapore during the period from 1930’s to the 1950’s. It demonstrates that the issue of water supply between the two entities has tended to be in favour of Singapore because of Singapore’s political economic supremacy derived from her status of being the British Imperial, in South East Asia and from being the bearer of capital expenditure in the water construction in Johore. Consequently, Singapore was able to continuously exploit the water deal as one of those economic means to preserving her advantage. Fakulti Kemanusiaan, Seni dan Warisan, UMS 2014 Article NonPeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42612/1/FULL%20TEXT.pdf A Rahman Tang Abdullah (2014) The water agreement of 1927 and singapore's supremacy: the origins and implication for water supply between johor and singapore in the colonial period. Jurnal Kinabalu, 20. pp. 1-26. ISSN 2600-867X https://doi.org/10.51200/ejk.v20i.137
institution Universiti Malaysia Sabah
building UMS Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Malaysia Sabah
content_source UMS Institutional Repository
url_provider http://eprints.ums.edu.my/
language English
topic DS595.8-597.215 History
DS597.22-599 Local history and description
spellingShingle DS595.8-597.215 History
DS597.22-599 Local history and description
A Rahman Tang Abdullah
The water agreement of 1927 and singapore's supremacy: the origins and implication for water supply between johor and singapore in the colonial period
description This article discusses the significance of the water agreement of 1927 in reference to the origins and historical development of water supply between Johore and Singapore during the colonial period. From historical perspective, this agreement is the first water agreement signed between Johore as a British protectorate and Singapore as the capital of the British Colony of The Straits Settlements. Despite the fact that this agreement had been abrogated in 1961 with the signing of the subsequent water agreements, most of its fundamental provisions still remains in effect. Thus, this article reveals the preceding events leading to the signing of the agreement, analyses the water agreements of 1927 and its implication for historical development of water supply to Singapore during the period from 1930’s to the 1950’s. It demonstrates that the issue of water supply between the two entities has tended to be in favour of Singapore because of Singapore’s political economic supremacy derived from her status of being the British Imperial, in South East Asia and from being the bearer of capital expenditure in the water construction in Johore. Consequently, Singapore was able to continuously exploit the water deal as one of those economic means to preserving her advantage.
format Article
author A Rahman Tang Abdullah
author_facet A Rahman Tang Abdullah
author_sort A Rahman Tang Abdullah
title The water agreement of 1927 and singapore's supremacy: the origins and implication for water supply between johor and singapore in the colonial period
title_short The water agreement of 1927 and singapore's supremacy: the origins and implication for water supply between johor and singapore in the colonial period
title_full The water agreement of 1927 and singapore's supremacy: the origins and implication for water supply between johor and singapore in the colonial period
title_fullStr The water agreement of 1927 and singapore's supremacy: the origins and implication for water supply between johor and singapore in the colonial period
title_full_unstemmed The water agreement of 1927 and singapore's supremacy: the origins and implication for water supply between johor and singapore in the colonial period
title_sort water agreement of 1927 and singapore's supremacy: the origins and implication for water supply between johor and singapore in the colonial period
publisher Fakulti Kemanusiaan, Seni dan Warisan, UMS
publishDate 2014
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42612/1/FULL%20TEXT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42612/
https://doi.org/10.51200/ejk.v20i.137
_version_ 1823092320962084864
score 13.235796

Similar Items