SINGAPORE CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT

S E C R E T SINGAPORE 000267 NOFORN SIPDIS C O R R E C T E D COPY CAPTION DEPARTMENT FOR S/CT - SHARRI R. CLARK DEPARTMENT ALSO FOR EAP/MTS - M. COPPOLA E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/20/2019 TAGS: PTER PGOV ASEC AFIN EFIN ENRG KCIP SN SUBJECT: SINGAPORE CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT ¶B. 08 SINGAPORE 108 Classified By: Charge d'Affaires Daniel Shields: reasons 1.4(b),(d) ¶1. (S/NF) Post recommends that the four Singapore Critical Infrastructure/Key Resources (CI/KR) included on the 2008 Critical Foreign Dependencies Initiative (CFDI) list be retained on the 2009 CFDI list, because they continue to meet the criteria set forth in Ref A, paragraphs 4 and 8. Those four CI/KR are: C2C Cable Network undersea cable landing, Changi, Singapore; EAC undersea cable landing, Changi North, Singapore; Port of Singapore; and Strait of Malacca. ¶2. (S/NF) In addition, Post recommends adding Jurong Island, and Changi Airport as the fifth and sixth CI/KR for Singapore to the 2009 CFDI list. ¶3. (S/NF) Jurong Island, located in the Singapore Strait, 2.3 km from the main island, is the center for Singapore's petrochemical and oil refining industries. Singapore is the third largest refining center in the world, and can process 1.3 million barrels of oil per day. Any disruption of these activities at Jurong could result in a serious negative impact on world energy supplies. A number of U.S. firms, including ExxonMobil and DuPont, have major operations on Jurong Island. ¶4. (S/NF) Changi International Airport is one of the busiest airports in the world. It handles more than 35 million passengers per year and is a major air cargo transshipment point. Changi has extensive air links throughout Asia and to the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. Terrorists linked to Jemaah Islamiya (JI) at one point reportedly considered launching an attack on Changi. Any disruption of service at Changi would likely have a deleterious impact on global air traffic. Visit Embassy Singapore's Classified website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eap/singapore/ind ex.cfm SHIELDS