Malaysia-Singapore Official Agreements and Correspondences

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The Government has made public the full contents of correspondence between former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and two of Singapore's former prime ministers on outstanding issues involving the nations, including the aborted bridge project.

Copies of two letters from Dr Mahathir to Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong and two replies from Goh in 2002 were released via Bernama's website under the heading “Correspondence between Tun Dr Mahathir and former Singapore Prime Ministers.”

It outlines Malaysia's proposals on the package issues – the bridge project to replace the Causeway, sale of water to Singapore, use airspace by the Singapore Air Force, the Malaysian Customs, Immigration and Quarantine complex and Central Provident Fund.

In the letter, it is evident that Dr Mahathir included the bridge project as a trade-off and part of the package issues to be resolved with Singapore.

The second letter is one from Goh to Dr Mahathir dated April 11, 2002, which referred to the March 4 letter and Lee's .

reply on March 11.
In it, Goh indicated that Singapore preferred the proposal of a new bridge to replace the entire Causeway rather than one to replace just the Malaysian side of the Causeway.

However, he added, if Malaysia wished to proceed with a bridge replacing just its side of the Causeway, he would accept it though he thought it was not ideal.

In Dr Mahathir's letter to Goh dated Oct 7, 2002, he ended the package approach with Singapore, saying that Malaysia had decided to give highest priority to resolving the long-delayed water issue.

Goh's reply on Oct 14, 2002 stated that since Malaysia wanted to deal with the water issue separately and discontinue the package approach, the trade-off was no longer possible. The Star reports. The letters can be read here.




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The Agreement as to Certain Water Rights in Johore between the Sultan of Johore and the Municipal Commissioners of the Town of Singapore signed on 5 December 1927

The Independence of Singapore Agreement 1965, 9 August 1965.

Agreed Items between Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad at their four-eye meeting on 15 August 2000.

Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew's letter to then Malaysian Finance Minister Tun Daim Zainuddin dated 24 August 2000.

Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad's letter to Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew dated 21 February 2001.",

writes KHAIRY in Malaysia Today, in his "Malaysia-Singapore Official Agreements and Correspondences."

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