Category Archives: Bilateral Relationship with Asean nations

US and China – Tensions in the Taiwan Straits; the provocation, the bashing and the tensions continue; Provocation by both sides over Taiwan? Who promote and provoke proxy wars? Both sides know the reality of mutual annihilation; it is a deterrence for them not to press the N button to end it all;

Posted on February 24, 2023 by tankoktim

========================= . 19th and 20th centuries were times of darkness in the East and the Far East. The Western powers with gunboat diplomacy could militarily rule the world in the Far East. They did so with free reign to plunder … Continue reading →

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China’s Belt and Road Initiative; China’s link into the Indian Ocean by-passing the South China Sea, the Straits of Malacca, the Sunda Straits, and the Straits of Singapore;

Posted on February 21, 2023 by tankoktim

========= . On Feb 20, 2023, the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3bBPzWHON0 #China#port#trade#economy China has invested tens of billions of dollars and built six very important large ports. And these ports are distributed in many countries, but they will make the United States … Continue reading →

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Singapore’s facial verification system; Will we improve immigration clearance at the Marina Cruise Centre? Learn from Narita for airport fast clearance; Will the Govt improve the ICQ clearance procedures too when the RTS train commences service between JB and Woodlands?

Posted on July 22, 2022 by tankoktim

============= . How to be the top cruise centre Hub in Asia? Clearance by ICA on board vessel at cruise centres is very critical as passengers have only a few hours within 24 hours after vessel docking to sightsee and … Continue reading →

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RTS agreements signed on 30th July 2020- Johor to Singapore; The RTS, a LRT system [not MRT system], not a seamless system, will operate in end 2026, a delay by two years; Each side will be responsible to build the RST system up to their side of the common border.

Posted on July 30, 2020 by tankoktim

============= . JB-Singapore RTS Link: Construction passes 65% mark on both sides, connecting span completed 1 of 6 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (right) and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim at a ceremony to mark the completion of a connecting … Continue reading →

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Toxic chemical industries in Pasir Gudang Industrial Estate, across the narrow Straits; ships sailing in our local waters between Pulau Ubin/ Pulau Tekong [and the mainland of Singapore] passing by Pasir Ris beach;

Posted on July 1, 2019 by tankoktim

========= . Will the Govt build something there to attract day trip tourists? . ====== . Nearer, will the Govt fence up by linking Pulau Ubin to Pulau Tekong to the mainland to create a seawater lake for fish farming? … Continue reading →

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Johor Baru-Woodlands RTS [MRT] defer Link till Sept 2019, April 2020, & to 31st July 2020; Improvement to CIQ in Johor to address traffic congestion issues;

Posted on May 21, 2019 by tankoktim

============= . Malaysia to spend S$48.8m to address traffic congestion at both Johor checkpoints. The projects include adding 44 M-Bike lanes at the Bangunan Sultan Iskandar and Kompleks Sultan Abu Bakar CIQs, costing about RM61.7 million. PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO FILE … Continue reading →

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Singapore-Malaysia Leaders’ Annual Retreat on 29th Oct 2023, a three-year lapse due to the Covid-19 pandemic; The two PMs 4th May 2021 meeting in Singapore has been postponed due to the pandemic; I met former PM Najib at the basement foodcourt of the Pavilion, Jalan Bintang, Kuala Lumpur on 30th July 2018;

Posted on April 7, 2019 by tankoktim

=================== . 10 outcomes from the 10th Singapore-Malaysia Leaders’ Retreat Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim meeting PM Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana for the leaders’ retreat. Both countries reached agreements in several fields at the two-day event. ST PHOTO: KUA … Continue reading →

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3 sen or RM2.73 million per year; The 4th Supplementary Water Agreement signed in 1990; Will there be a 5th SWA by the 9th PM of Malaysia, and when? Is there precedence in the 4th? Brinkmanship, is the bilateral relationship worth between Malaysia and Singapore worth only S$91m [or RM273 million]? How to ensure no ambiguity in the 5th SWA, if there is one?

Posted on March 3, 2019 by tankoktim

========Good, at last the 10th PM of Malaysia. PM Anwar is in red dot to engage in 4-eye discussions on bilateral and state matters. What is the agenda, what is on the table to have win-win solutions? Will it all … Continue reading →

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Seletar Airport: Airspace over Pasir Gudang; & the borderline at sea near Tuas. The heat is on…Land, Sea & Air

Posted on December 6, 2018 by tankoktim

Land, Sea and Air. Did the 1965 Separation Agreement have a few sentences to state how cross-border concerns and disputes over land, sea and air issues, if it ever arises, will be settled according to international laws and conventions governing … Continue reading →

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Revive the HSR? How? Seven local and international consortiums submitted their Request for Information (RFI) proposals on 15th Jan 2024; No need JV AssetCo as both countries should own their HSR assets in their respective countries independently; HSR JV terminated on 31st Dec 2020; The 50:50 JV for the express non-stop KL/Singapore sector ended when Malaysia wanted the AssetCo cancelled; The 7th PM Dr Mahathir deferred the JV project to May 2020; The 8th PM Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin deferred it to 31st Dec 2020 and terminated the project; The 9th PM Ismail Sabri Yaakob wanted to revive the project; 12th July 2023, the 10th PM Anwar wants private sector involvement in the project; What level of ridership for the project to thrive, at what ticket price?

Posted on August 12, 2018 by tankoktim

========= . MALAYSIA Seven consortiums bidding for RM100b KL-Singapore HSR project as submissions close     MyHSR Corporation Sdn Bhd (MyHSR) chairman Datuk Seri Fauzi Abdul Rahman (pic) said the proposals made the submissions deadline yesterday. — Picture via Facebook/MyHSR … Continue reading →

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6th PM Najib Razak and 1MDB, the corruption scandal; RM114 Million Worth Of Seized Assets Returned To Najib and UMNO; In August 2021, the 8th PM Muhyiddin was replaced by Ismail Sabri of UMNO, which is back as government of Malaysia, as 9th PM; As the 7th PM, Dr Mahathir [May 2018 – March 2020] after winning the 2018 14th GE by toppling UMNO took action against 1MDB, reduced GST to zero % from 6%; the East Coast Rail Link, pipeline projects; and KL-Singapore HSR; the 3sen 1962 Water Agreement; Dr M was replaced by PM Muhyiddin in March 2020 [18 months as 8th PM to August 2021]; Malaysia passed anti-party hopping Bill on 28July2022; No more horse-trading politics;

Posted on July 18, 2018 by tankoktim

============= . Great political news for Malaysia…    A total of 209 MPs voted in favour of the anti-party hopping Bill, while 11 were not in attendance in Parliament. No MPs voted against it. ====== Singapore changed the Constitution back … Continue reading →

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The 10th PM, Anwar Ibrahim wef 24 Nov 2022 after GE15 held on 19th Nov 2022; 9th PM of Malaysia, Ismail Sabri Yaakob wef 21st August 2021; 8th PM of Malaysia, was Muhyiddin who outfoxed Dr M the 7th PM, who at age 93 inherited MR1 trillion debts in tears after GE14; Malaysia needs more tax revenue; UMNO withdrew support on 7th July 2021, and PM Muhyiddin resigned on 16th August 2021;

Posted on June 21, 2018 by tankoktim

. ===== . Good, at last the 10th PM of Malaysia. PM Anwar is in red dot to engage in 4-eye discussions on bilateral and state matters. What is the agenda, what is on the table to have win-win solutions? … Continue reading →

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Mega Cities on flat land — no hydro or wind power, and inadequate land space for huge solar power farms [and those in temperate countries having four seasons, no solar power all year round]; What are the possible solutions for all mega cities [the big carbon polluters] becoming 100% users of renewable clean and green electricity ending use of fossil oil, coal and LNG?

Posted on February 23, 2018 by tankoktim

================== . Many solutions to generate renewable clean and green electricity. ========== ==== . Build a 10-storey structure [steel or concrete] and have a test run to pump water to the top, and have it retained on each floor and … Continue reading →

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Asean’s unity for peace; The United States’ US$150 million (S$209 million) economic programmes for Asean; Art of Diplomacy – big vs small nations; Singapore rising above its weight in international relationship; Myanmar – a liability in Asean’s unity?

Posted on July 8, 2017 by tankoktim

============ . Should politics mix with economics, religions, finance, etc? When will China invite the Asean navies to have tea together at their military bases in the South China Sea? How to avoid proxy wars? =========== . Politics: Democracy vs … Continue reading →

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South China Sea tensions; Asean-China Relationship; What should China do to reduce the tensions in the SCS? Is China in SCS for naval strategic reasons, freedom of navigation; or for the fossil oil and LNG below the seabed and other marine life and resources? A joint Indonesia-US project: a newly formed Indonesia’s maritime centre in Batam;

Posted on December 27, 2016 by tankoktim

====== The Straits Times’ Editorial says A dangerous tangle in South China Sea UPDATED 1 HOUR AGO on 3rd Oct 2023 in Straits Times. As though there were not enough dangerous tangles involving China around the Asian continent, a fresh … Continue reading →

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World Peace; The military arms race in outer space; World Peace in an instant? War and Peace; The peace brokers and peace makers? Who? World Peace and geopolitics of populism – To spend less on armament but more on social programmes; Poverty – the cause, what is the missing link? Global ceasefire will not end environment degradation, which is the cause of disease and great suffering;

Posted on December 19, 2016 by tankoktim

======== . Colours of the rainbow…not dark, no black, no white…. It is Divine Science. Without it, there will be no man-made general sciences, medical science, space technology, and AI and IT technologies. How many learned people appreciate all these … Continue reading →

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HSR KL-Singapore MOU signed – Cost and Revenue Sharing bases? Bilateral Agreement signed on 13th Dec 2016

Posted on July 20, 2016 by tankoktim

Singapore, Malaysia ink agreement on high speed rail; joint tender to be called next year The Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail will open with eight stations: Jurong East station in Singapore, and Bandar Malaysia, Putrajaya, Seremban, Ayer Keroh, Muar, Batu … Continue reading →

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What is corruption, and what is not? Secrets behind Singapore’s incorrupt system; highly paid ministers; Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad – his fight against corruption [in his FB on 5th Oct 2021]; Accept the gift at your peril [in New Nation – 13Feb1978]; Sowing seed of corruption [in New Nation – 18Feb1978];

Posted on May 13, 2016 by tankoktim

============== . “Accept the gift at your peril” [in New Nation on 13th Feb 1978 by Tan Bah Bah in his Monday column];  My reply “Sowing seed of corruption [in New Nation on 18th Feb 1978]. Please see photo-shots below in … Continue reading →

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Viable ways to share KL-S’pore HSR costs, and revenue? Study the cost and revenue scheme of the UK-France Cross-Channel rail system. If the HSR line is extended from Johor to Singapore, then Malaysia will pay 50% of the construction cost of the HSR line from KL to Johor. If the HSR line ends in Johor, then Malaysia will pay 100% of the construction cost of the HSR line from KL to Johor.

Posted on May 7, 2016 by tankoktim

I wrote this letter to ST Forum on 23rd April, but published some three weeks later on 18th May 2016. Today Voices placed it on their Online version on 6th May 2016 [please see JPEG format below] ========= . How … Continue reading →

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Terrorism, how will it end? Threat of terrorism in South East Asia; Middle East as is; The selfish greed for fossil oil and LNG; Petrol dollars fuel terrorism and lubricate it; Is world peace possible, free of terrorism and extremism? Where self radicalisation and terrorism stem from? Using terrorism to force religious beliefs and compliance on others;

Posted on December 18, 2015 by tankoktim

. ====== . What is the missing link?What is the solution?Talk and prayer alone will not be enough if the missing link is not fixed first. .========= . Countering the threat of Islamist extremism in South-east Asia Terrorist activities persist … Continue reading →

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