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Warmer Ties with Singapore
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MALAYSIA and Singapore are exploring a slew of cross-border initiatives, including the construction of an undersea tunnel linking Johor Baru and Singapore. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his Singapore counterpart, Lee Hsien Loong, who met at the Malaysia-Singapore Leaders’ Retreat here, also agreed to explore other areas for future collaboration, further warming economic and trade relations between the two countries.
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Other initiatives are the alignment of radio frequency spectrum plans for digital broadcast and mobile broadband services, sale of electricity to Singapore, forming a work group on industrial cooperation to promote Iskandar Malaysia and Singapore, and cooperation in aviation and airport services between Johor’s Senai International Airport and the republic’s Changi International Airport.
$ |1 c1 W8 b9 J公仔箱論壇 The leaders also discussed cooperation in higher education, technical and vocational education, and the teaching and learning of the English language.
, X N U4 ^/ k. _- Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb Describing the meeting as productive and "fruitful", Najib said a study had been commissioned for the undersea link, which would be under the proposed Rapid Transit System (RTS), expected to be operational by 2018.
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He said the two countries would also consider establishing ferry and water taxi services as another means of transportation between the two countries.
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On the proposal to sell electricity to Singapore, Najib said it would be private sector-driven, adding that both countries were working on a framework on the matter.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 @% ^5 w) v/ K
* y I& N3 i, _8 t) ^ W9 \ "Prime Minister Lee warmly welcomed the proposal. I believe the private sectors of both sides will be in a position to determine what is the right price when the time comes," he told a joint press conference with Lee after the bilateral meeting at his office.
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According to a joint statement released by the two governments at the retreat, both countries are also studying international best practices to implement a dual co-located Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) system to complement the RTS link7 s; t7 ~3 p2 B, Z8 t% R$ @6 R, [
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+ Y( a# g' Y2 C2 N4 L# ~" x5.39.217.76 Earlier, Najib and Lee witnessed the exchange of a shareholders' agreement between Khazanah Nasional Berhad and Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited on joint investments in M+S Pte Ltd and Pulau Indah Ventures Sdn Bhd (Pulau Indah)8 M* @/ D' s& W
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Pulau Indah, meanwhile, a 50:50 joint venture between Khazanah and Temasek, will develop the "Urban Wellness" project on a 2.02ha site in Medini North. It will also develop the 85.5ha "Resort Wellness" project in Medini Central.5.39.217.764 Q; g* b: m- A' P1 o; X6 s
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These investments were part of the result of a wide-ranging agreement on the outstanding issue over the KTMB land in Singapore. |
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