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Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong officially opened the Tuaspring Desalination Plant on Wednesday. Situated on a 14-hectare site in Tuas in Western Singapore, it will supply 70 million gallons of water per day for 25 years. It is the second plant to be developed and operated by Singapore's biggest listed water treatment company Hyflux. Construction of the plant began in 2011. It also features an on- site combined cycle gas turbine power plant which will supply electricity to the desalination facility. Singapore's first desalination plant, Singspring Singapore, was opened in 2005 and supplies 30 million gallons of treated water a day, making up 10 percent of Singapore's total water supply. Treated seawater is one of Singapore's four "national taps." The other three are imported water from Malaysia, recycled water and water from reservoirs. Singapore's daily water demand is now about 400 million gallons. Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) started an survey on the density of radioactive cesium of the sea off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture on Wednesday to check the impact of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster, cheap dre beats local media reported. The survey will cover an area within 20 km off the coast and 50 km north and south of the Fukushima Daiichi plant with the aid of a ship that trails a radiation counter along the seafloor, Kyodo News reported. Past studies have focused on certain points around the radiation-leaking Fukushima plant, while this time the investigation aims to analyze the spread of contamination through a broader investigation, according to the NRA. An intense battle between the incumbent mayor and a candidate nominated by Toru Hashimoto and his political group Osaka Ishin no Kai, a local group of the national party Nippon Ishin no Kai, has emerged in Japan's oldest "autonomous" city, thus stimulating new voter interest in whether or not to accept the Osaka Metropolis Plan. The official election campaign for Sakai City, southern Osaka Prefecture, with its population of about 850,000, started on Sunday. Two candidates, current Mayor of Sakai Osami Takeyama, 63, and Katsutoshi Nishibayashi, 43, a former city council member backed by Hashimoto's group, are nike free run 3.0 running. Both have canvassed streets near railway stations in the city, which is the prefecture 's second biggest in terms of population and area after Osaka City. Interestingly, Takeyama was first supported by Hashimoto when elected mayor four years ago. He has since scrapped major public works projects and reduced administrative costs for the city office, including the abolishment of the mayor's retirement allowance of 28 million yen (about 280,000 U.S. dollars) and cutting personnel costs by 3.1 percent to save 1.4 billion yen ( about 14 million U.S. dollars) over the following two years. According to the municipal election administration committee, news on the new candidate facing the incumbent mayor in the one-on- one race now draws more local attention than past mayoral elections. Officials at the committee's office told Xinhua that the expected voter beats by dre turnout for the election, to be held later this month, will be more than 40 percent. Local media note that residents in Sakai are now divided over the two candidates' policies. Takeyama states that no one will benefit from Hashimoto's metropolis plan, which he says will eventually destroy Sakai's independence. "I firmly oppose approving the metropolis plan because its supporters are only targeting Sakai's revenues as a new resource for Osaka. Therefore, Sakai has no need for the proposal," Takeyama said. Meanwhile, Nishibayashi argues for taking maximum advantage of broader-based local government as he urges Sakai residents to support the new idea. If Sakai merges with Osaka and the prefectural government, then the estimated combined population will be 4 million. Nishibayashi believes the integrated metropolis will be able to compete with other major cities in Asia to boost the local economy. Junichi Nagata, spokesperson for the committee, attributes the reason of strong interest among residents to the unique history of Sakai, which developed in the 16th century as the country's central port, nike air max skyline known then as the "Venice of the East." According to the city museum, the historic Jesuit missionary, Gaspar Vilela, who lived in Sakai for years, wrote in 1561 that Sakai is a large city and home to many powerful merchants. He further noted the city was "governed by consuls like Venice in Italy." Writing later in 1565, Vilela elaborated that if an outsider is given permission to live in one section of the city, it is the custom for the other areas to accept the proposal. He called Sakai a strong city that was like a castle to live inside of. As these writings describe, Sakai once became a prosperous harbor city self-governed by local merchants. A trade hub between Japan and China as well as South Asia and Europe, it was the largest commercial district in Asia. But later, the shogun Hideyoshi Toyotomi, based in Osaka, completely abolished the autonomous system of Sakai, cheap nike air max 90 reportedly forcing the local merchants to move to central Osaka near his castle in order to weaken the powerful business community. "Of course, the political character of Osaka Mayor Hashimoto has for better or worse made voters more interested in the upcoming election, but we cannot forget the city's history as an important factor that will influence the result," Rie Takeyama, a spokesperson for Takeyama's campaign team, said.