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Singapore Malaysia Railway Agreement

The two governments called it a „complement“ to the 1990 POA[7] and permanently closed Tanjong Pagar Station and Bukit Timah Station on July 1, 2011. Bus lines 160, 170, 950, AC7, CW1, CW2 and CW5 are reinforced, as well as several connections between the Woodlands checkpoint and Woodlands. In addition, the old Bukit Station will receive Timah and Tanjong Pagar Station will be preserved as a national monument. The old roads have been definitively demolished, with the exception of the preserves and nature reserves. Singapore also affirmed that by applying international legal conventions and practices, any exercise of sovereign rights by Malaysia in the territory of Singapore, such as passport stamps, can only be done under the penalty of the Singapore Government. Given that both parties agreed to transfer the CIQ facilities to Woodlands, it was inappropriate for Malaysia to divert attention from this agreement and continue to operate from Tanjong Pagar without the agreement of the Singapore government. However, an agreement reached in September 2001 helped to resolve this sensitive issue which, in times of economic or political difficulties, provided sufficient room for manoeuvre for political ends. The two governments have agreed on the Malaysian immigration checkpoint on the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore railway line, which will be transferred from Tanjong Pagar to Kranji. The issue of the malayan Railway country – very sensitive for Kuala Lumpur – was then resolved by the Singapore agreement to offer twelve more lands to Bukit Timah to Malaysia (as already mentioned). The link between a water agreement and an agreement on land concessions should not go unnoticed, hence the need for a package as the most realistic and constructive approach to bilateral relations. [4] Malaysia`s subsequent reluctance to comply with the 1990 agreement was based on the fear that at some point it would be forced to relinquish ownership of part or all of KTM`s country to Singapore. Singapore argued that Malaysia`s decision to locate its immigration checkpoint in Singapore was not in accordance with Malaysia`s own law. According to Malaysian law, it is Johor Bahru Station, not Tanjong Pagar, which is considered an immigration checkpoint for people traveling from Singapore to Malaysia by train.

Singapore also said: This was confirmed by the mentions on the passports of the passengers boarding the train at Tanjong Pagar, which showed that the Malayan Railway, which covers 217 hectares and extends from 20 to 30 kilometres into the territory of Singapore, was specifically used by a lease under the Railway Act 1918 for use by Federated Malay States Railways (FMSR), which later became KTM) for a period of 999 years….

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