Category Archives: Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link Singapore to Johor; High Speed Rail KL to Singapore

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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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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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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Singapore’s facial verification system; It is a super ICQ unmanned clearance high-tech system at Changi Airport; Will ICA improve immigration clearance at cruise centres? Learn from Narita for airport fast clearance; And we did at Changi after four years.

Posted on October 27, 2018 by tankoktim

==== . We came back via Changi T2 on 6Nov2022, and are impressed by the new walk-through unmanned electronic ICQ clearance system. We submitted the SGArrivalCard[SGAC], the electronic health declaration for Covid-19 with ICA within three days prior arrival. It … 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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New 2nd CBD – how to ensure free-flowing traffic?

Posted on July 23, 2016 by tankoktim

Will the Govt listen? The Singapore Terminus of the KL to Singapore HSR will be located in the Jurong Lake District near Jurong East. The Govt has announced that the 2nd CBD will be in JLD. ======= I am grateful … 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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MRT Stations, escalators and elevators [lifts]; steps before escalators, but not before lifts; Ensure more accessibility to those less mobile? No, not for elevators [lifts] which are for those not able to climbs steps; Escalators [not lifts] are for mass and fast movement of people; However, the steps outside the main entrances of MRT stations should be replaced by graduated-gradient-smooth wide ramps for fast emergency evacuation;

Posted on February 15, 2016 by tankoktim

=========. Escalators vs Elevators [lifts] ….the difference…. It has been made known and explained that there are steps before escalators [but not for lifts, elevators] in MRT stations and public places as escalators are for those who can walk and … Continue reading →

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Dr Mahathir -will he be unhappy with Singapore till his last day? Ask him why and when did the RM exchange rate vs S$ from 1:1 started to rise ? And, Clob? Dr Mahathir’s comments on the late PM Mr Lee Kuan Yew; Dr M was a dictator for 22 years, he admitted in 2016; Why race-based politics and political parties by Dr M in 2021; Najib Rajak’s comments in Facebook in 2021 on Dr M, who in 2018 withdrew the appeal on the Pedra Branca’s case; Dr M said Singapore and Riau belong to Johor;

Posted on April 5, 2015 by tankoktim

========= . Time to bring red dot and Riau to the ICJ for arbitration by legal means. Time does not wait for Malaysia and it is time to act now at the ICJ. The Ukraine saga is the right timing … Continue reading →

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Marina Cruise Centre: my experience there in 2014 and my feedback for improvement; I was impressed on 18th July 2022 to experience the vast ICA improvement at the MCC; Will ICA procedures improve too when the RTS-train service commence between JB and Woodland? Also, the pavement in Geylang, and the Tent at the MCC – the Govt listened to feedback and acted on it;

Posted on December 29, 2014 by tankoktim

. =========== . From: tan kok tim Sent: Sunday, 7 December, 2014 10:39 AM To: REACH (REACH) Cc: MOT Tuck Yew LUI (MOT); MND Boon Wan KHAW (MND); LTA_CORPCOMMS@lta.gov.sg; MOF QSM (MOF); FEEDBACK (LTA); MND HQ (MND); PSD PS21 (PSD) … Continue reading →

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Asean’s future. The man at the helm is the main to bring about peace and prosperity to his own nation and to the region. Change in leadership and we see yo-yo diplomacy as it depends on the new man in charge. Bilateral relationship between Malaysia and Singapore went through many ups and downs in the past 20 years.

Posted on May 19, 2014 by tankoktim

What diplomacy?  Malaysia and Singapore should mend fences I wrote to the Singapore Govt on 20 Dec 2003. I said back then: The border between Johor and Singapore is only a Causeway apart.  Joint statements can be made at either … Continue reading →

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Causeway – widen it by reclamation; Reduce long queue of cars burning fuel by having driver-only lanes? Or, paid express lanes to ease the traffic jam? Have improved/fast ICA clearance of commuters at the Causeway, the 2nd Link [soon the RTS in 2026], and cruise passengers at the Marina Cruise Centre, be the best CC in Asia if not in Asean;

Posted on June 29, 2011 by tankoktim

========== . It was some 10 years ago. It is better late than never. This is music to my ears and eyes this morning, and it lifts my day. At last my wait is not in vain. I am so … Continue reading →

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S$76,000 per set of sliding doors – but no ventilation slots for air flow; Not cheap to hack concreted staircase and floors in MRT stations to rebuild or install escalators or elevators [lifts]; Hope this is history now;

Posted on June 23, 2011 by tankoktim

================ . $76,000 per set of sliding door at MRT stations. Nothing baffling.  Nothing convoluted. SMRT top guns gave preposterous reasons of all kinds over the years before the Govt finally gave the politically go ahead to spend $350 million … Continue reading →

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MOU for Johor-Singapore SEZ signed on 11th Jan 2024; Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and the Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim met at the Singapore-Malaysia Leaders’ Retreat on 29th/30th October, 2023; Singapore’s Consulate in JB; PM Lee Hsien Loong, Ho Ching received awards from Johor Sultan on 6th May 2022;

Posted on January 8, 2011 by tankoktim

. ========= . Passport-free immigration clearance being explored under Johor-S’pore Special Economic Zone Digitised processes for cargo clearance at land checkpoints are also being explored. ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO Natasha Ann Zachariah Correspondent UPDATED 11 JAN 2024, 7:37 PM SGT … Continue reading →

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