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Now Hong Kan Seng have a 契爷 or god father - Najib.
PAP see a PAPA SANTA - Najib.
Thanks for giving back MSK!
My dear baby MSK!
They will suck for KL and do anything now that MKS is returned.
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http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/279054/kl-singapore-bury-hatchet
KL, Singapore Bury Hatchet
By KAI PORTMANN
September 26, 2010, 10:58am
SINGAPORE (DPA) — Singapore and Malaysia have ended a dispute that marred ties between the neighbouring countries for decades with a historic deal over Malaysian railway land on Singapore territory, paving the way for a further warming of relations.
Since Singapore was kicked out of the Malaysian federation and became independent in August 1965, the Malaysian-controlled railway running into the centre of Singapore had been a thorn in the side of the city-state’s government.
Under Monday’s agreement signed by visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the railway land is to be given to Singapore eventually. In exchange, Singapore offered Malaysia six parcels of land “at the heart of (its) financial and business cluster,’’ a joint statement said.
Both sides praised the deal, including the joint development of the prime sites in Singapore, as a breakthrough in bilateral relations. “It’s a matter of considerable satisfaction for both me and Prime Minister Najib that we should be able to reach this point, which enables us to move forward and to work on cooperation between Malaysia and Singapore on a wide range of areas,’’ Lee said.
Najib said both leaders were “delighted as well as relieved that we can put this behind us and move forward because we believe this is an arrangement that is mutually beneficial.’’
Relations between Singapore and Malaysia remained strained after their split, dogged also by a dispute over the price Malaysia charges Singapore for water. Recurring verbal exchanges between former Singapore prime minister Lee Kuan Yew and then-Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohammad aggravated the situation. But the tide started to turn when Najib took office in April last year and called for closer relations and the resolution of “thorny bilateral issues.’’
The land deal is part of a broader agreement that includes the construction of a cross-border rapid transit system by 2018 and the joint development of a wellness township in southern Malaysia.
It had been made possible by two leaders determined to solve long-standing controversies, analysts said. “It really boils down to the fact that two relatively new prime ministers were both committed to a new era in Singapore-Malaysia relations,’’ Singapore legislator Indranee Rajah told Malaysia’s Straits Times newspaper.
Just one matter remained unsolved in the railway land deal as both sides could not agree on development charges payable to the Singapore government for some of the parcels of land.
They left the sticking point to be settled by the international Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. Both leaders, however, said they were confident that the decades of bickering might come to an end.
From time to time, issues were bound to arise between the two sides, Lee said, “but that doesn’t mean we cannot manage them.’’ “You cannot prevent comments being made; people make reference to the past,’’ said Najib, a dig, for example, at Mahathir, who still makes biting remarks in his popular blog on all issues regarding Malaysia’s neighbor. “But what is important is the current leadership of both countries want to move forward and forge better ties,’’ Najib said.
PAP see a PAPA SANTA - Najib.
Thanks for giving back MSK!
My dear baby MSK!They will suck for KL and do anything now that MKS is returned.
:oIo:
http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/279054/kl-singapore-bury-hatchet
KL, Singapore Bury Hatchet
By KAI PORTMANN
September 26, 2010, 10:58am
SINGAPORE (DPA) — Singapore and Malaysia have ended a dispute that marred ties between the neighbouring countries for decades with a historic deal over Malaysian railway land on Singapore territory, paving the way for a further warming of relations.
Since Singapore was kicked out of the Malaysian federation and became independent in August 1965, the Malaysian-controlled railway running into the centre of Singapore had been a thorn in the side of the city-state’s government.
Under Monday’s agreement signed by visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the railway land is to be given to Singapore eventually. In exchange, Singapore offered Malaysia six parcels of land “at the heart of (its) financial and business cluster,’’ a joint statement said.
Both sides praised the deal, including the joint development of the prime sites in Singapore, as a breakthrough in bilateral relations. “It’s a matter of considerable satisfaction for both me and Prime Minister Najib that we should be able to reach this point, which enables us to move forward and to work on cooperation between Malaysia and Singapore on a wide range of areas,’’ Lee said.
Najib said both leaders were “delighted as well as relieved that we can put this behind us and move forward because we believe this is an arrangement that is mutually beneficial.’’
Relations between Singapore and Malaysia remained strained after their split, dogged also by a dispute over the price Malaysia charges Singapore for water. Recurring verbal exchanges between former Singapore prime minister Lee Kuan Yew and then-Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohammad aggravated the situation. But the tide started to turn when Najib took office in April last year and called for closer relations and the resolution of “thorny bilateral issues.’’
The land deal is part of a broader agreement that includes the construction of a cross-border rapid transit system by 2018 and the joint development of a wellness township in southern Malaysia.
It had been made possible by two leaders determined to solve long-standing controversies, analysts said. “It really boils down to the fact that two relatively new prime ministers were both committed to a new era in Singapore-Malaysia relations,’’ Singapore legislator Indranee Rajah told Malaysia’s Straits Times newspaper.
Just one matter remained unsolved in the railway land deal as both sides could not agree on development charges payable to the Singapore government for some of the parcels of land.
They left the sticking point to be settled by the international Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. Both leaders, however, said they were confident that the decades of bickering might come to an end.
From time to time, issues were bound to arise between the two sides, Lee said, “but that doesn’t mean we cannot manage them.’’ “You cannot prevent comments being made; people make reference to the past,’’ said Najib, a dig, for example, at Mahathir, who still makes biting remarks in his popular blog on all issues regarding Malaysia’s neighbor. “But what is important is the current leadership of both countries want to move forward and forge better ties,’’ Najib said.
