400k

oil won't finish, problem is going deeper and deeper the cost would be higher and higher. minus payments to gov't cronies minus tributes to sultan minus this and that not really cost-effective to invest in such operation.

and brunei already go deep sea, those are where most of its fields lie. beyond that is disputed territories, china will go wacko

so when is malaysia absorbing brunei?

Say properly.. Sipadan and Ligitan is belongs to Malaysia.. Not stealing from Indonesia.. Okay?

If Brunei change the pegging from Singapore dollar to the Malaysian ringgit then, in theory,it would benefit Sarawak and Sabah because trade between Singapore and Brunei would go down due to currency conversion costs between Singapore dollar and Brunei dollar.

If you ask Sabah and Sarawak have what, then you should ask Singapore have what? It's all about trade. If a merchant in Johor finds if cheaper to buy from Singapore than Kuala Lumpur, it would buy from Singapore. What are the considerations involved? Transportation costs and currency conversion costs. Sabah and Sarawak are nearer to Brunei than Singapore, so the transportation costs can be lower and with a lower currency conversion costs due to the pegging of the Brunei dollar to the Malaysian ringgit, then the change may benefit Sabah and Sarawak. The only problem standing in the way of better trade is our current cabotage policy.

http://www.sapp.org.my/economy/110113_fmt_...tage_policy.asp