Re: [sangkancil] Points of Agreement on the Malayan Railway land in Singapore (fwd)
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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 14:44:01 +0800
From: klse <klse@tm.net.my>
To: "M.G.G. Pillai" <pillai@mgg.pc.my>
Subject: Re: [sangkancil] Points of Agreement on the Malayan Railway land in
Singapore
JUN 6 1997
"Prosper thy neighbour'
Mr Speaker, Sir, Singapore and Malaysia share a symbiotic
relationship. I fully subscribe to Dr Mahathir's philosophy of
"prosper-thy-neighbour''. It is an important way to strengthen our
two countries' symbiotic relationship and help each other to
become developed.
The electric train, when it comes about, will be more than a
physical connection; it will be a powerful symbol of the two
countries' inter-connectedness on the fast track to success.
I have another reason for telling the House the details of my
discussion with Dr Mahathir on the POA and electric train.
Whatever the present strains in our relationship, I support Dr
Mahathir's vision of a fast train network connecting Singapore to
Kuala Lumpur, and all the way to Kunming. I hope that the fast
train service will succeed. But I need Malaysia's help to vary the
terms of the POA so that the fast train can operate in Singapore. I
have suggested how this can be done through a new framework
of wider cooperation.
I do not know at this stage when the new era of cooperation will
come, or whether it will come. I hope it will come. I shall work for
it. If it materialises, I will have to come to Parliament to vary the
terms of the POA, and seek your approval for the new electric
railway line. I will also ask the House to support our investing in
the Singapore sector of the infrastructure for the fast train
service.
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-----Original Message-----
From: M.G.G. Pillai <pillai@mgg.pc.my>
To: Sang Kancil <sangkancil@malaysia.net>
Cc: SK <sk@malaysia.net>
Date: Wednesday, August 05, 1998 12:52 PM
Subject: [sangkancil] Points of Agreement on the Malayan Railway land in
Singapore
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>This is the Points of Agreement on the Malayan Railway land in
>Singapore, which causes much bilateral heat, and which Singapore
>newspapers published in January last year. The general view is
>that the Malaysian government does not honour the POA but the
>Malaysian foreign minister, Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, said
>in Parliament yesterday that there was a difference in opinion on
>the enforcement date of the POA. "The Singapore government is of
>the opinion that the POA came into effect on the date it was signed
>on 27 Nov 1990. However, Malaysia does not agree with that opinion
>and stresses that the POA would only come into effect when KTM
>Berhad move its station from Tanjung Pagar." No date when it would
>come into effect is specified in the points of agreement signed
>between the then Singapore prime minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, and the
>then Malaysian finance minister and now minister with special
>functions, Mr (now Tun) Daim Zainuddin. I understand the Straits
>Times in Singapore published the full text and related stories
>sometime in January last year. Would someone who has access to that
>post the relevant articles either to the news groups or to me.
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>M.G.G. Pillai
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>POINTS OF AGREEMENT ON MALAYSIA RAILWAY LAND IN SINGAPORE BETWEEN
>GOVERNMENT OF MALAYSIA AND GOVERNMENT OF SINGAPORE
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>(1) The station at Keppel will be vacated and moved from Keppel, in
>the first instance to Lot 76-2, which is next to the Bukit Timah
>Fire Station, along Upper Bukit Timah Road near the junction with
>Jurong Road. The Government of Singapore will help in the alienation
>of such lands as may be reasonably necessary for the development of
>the station, provided that it is not necessary to acquire land
>which, in the opinion of MRA and the Government of Singapore, has
>major permanent structures on it. (When MRA wants to acquire despite
>Government of Singapore's view that there aremajor permanent
>structures, then the acquisition will be at market price).
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>2) The land at Keppel will be invested in a limited company, (M-S
>Ptd Ltd) to be developed as residential and commercial land in
>accordance with the plans attached as Annex 1.
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>3) When the MRT reaches Woodlands New Town, the MRA may, within five
>years, move its stations from Lot 76-2 to a site in Woodlands
>adjacent or close to the MRT station. Then the two pieces of land,
>one in Kranji and in Woodlands, will be vested in the limited
>company M-S Ptd Ltd and developed in accordance with plans given.
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>4) Singapore's Land Office shall issue freehold land titles to M-S
>Pte Ltd in respect of lands at Keppel, Kranji and Woodlands.
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>5) 60 per cent of shares of the limited company, M-S Ptd Ltd, will
>be owned by a company to be designated by the Government of Malaysia
>and 40 per cent of shares by a company to be designated by the
>Government of Singapore. Payment for the development costs of these
>properties will be similarly shared in the ratio of 60:40.
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>6) There will be no compensation for the MRA land, instead, the
>three big pieces will be realienated to M-S Pte Ltd at no costs.
>Whoever takes the land should clear the tracks and also pay for
>costs of resettlement of squatters. Therefore, the cost of clearing
>tracks and squatters for the three pieces of land will be on M-S Ptd
>Ltd. For the balance of the MRA lands, the costs of clearance of
>tracks and squatters will be on the Singapore Government.
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>7) In exchange for the MRA land at Keppel, a plot of land of
>equivalent value in Marina South will be offered to M-S Pte Ltd so
>that a prestigious building can be developed on this Marina site.
>M-S Pte Ltd intends to develop and retain a prestigious building as
>a long term investment. If the land offered to M-S Pte Ltd, is, in
>the opinion of M-S Pte Ltd, not suitable, then alternative sites in
>Marina South of equivalent value shall be offered to M-S Pte Ltd.
>Examples of the kind of prestigious sites of equivalent value to MRA
>Keppel land are attached in Plan 2 and Plan 3.
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>Signed on behalf of the Government of Malaysia by Daim Zainuddin,
>Minister of Finance, Malaysia
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>Signed for the Government of
>Singapore by Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister, Singapore
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