Why Singapore desperately wanted Pedra Branca

Received this in the email a few days ago. In case you have no idea what it means, ERP stands for Electronic Road Pricing, and they have these gantries all around the small island now. Pretty much impossible to run away from it if you're driving, but it does help in regulating traffic. In fact, London has even sent delegation to Singapore to study the implementation of a similar system in UK!

Could really see the scene in the picture play out once Marina Bay and Sentosa Cove are fully built up in 2 years' time, where all the rich men with their yatchs clogging the marine traffic, so ERP on the sea is not too far away in the horizon!