SYABAS

I hope many of us would have had reason to smile when we got our first water bill from Syabas earlier this month - after paying cutthroat rates for the past ten years I got free water as my bill was RM9! The first twenty cubic metres (equivalent to RM11.40) of water is FREE courtesy of Selangor state's investment body - Kumpulan Darul Ehsan Bhd (KDEB).

My monthly usage as per the old tariff was between RM12 - RM15 a month so I stand to save up to RM180 a year. It may not be a major sum but for me (and I think most would agree) it is the principle. What on earth was the previous uncaring state government doing for us???