Singapore's proposal to purchase two plots of land belonging to Malaysia that will be affected by the redevelopment of Woodlands Checkpoint (WCP) is still being deliberated by Malaysian authorities.
Malaysian High Commissioner to Singapore Datuk Dr Azfar Mohamad Mustafar told journalists on Saturday (Jan 17) that he had proposed a swap of land but it was up to the federal government to decide.
00:00 So on the two plots of land that Singapore wants to buy from Malaysia, I mean this is part of the workland checkpoint expansion,
00:08 so there are two plots of land owned by Malaysia. So I think Singapore has returned to Malaysia,
00:14 so I think the developers in Malaysia are now deliberating and looking into that proposal from Singapore to buy back the two pre-owned land.
00:23 So as of now we have not received any feedback from the emergency, they are still looking into it.
00:30 But I think it's logical for Singapore to buy back, but the point is whether or not Malaysia wants to sell it outright
00:38 or Malaysia wants to swap it with other parcel of land, I think this has not been decided by the developers.
00:47 This one is under Jomestate? No, this one is under the Federal Commission of Land, Surujaya Tanah Keputusan.
00:57 So all government land abroad are all registered under the Surujaya Tanah Keputusan.
01:04 JKPTG? Yes, JKPTG. So all government property of land are all registered under that.
01:13 So of course they have agencies that are nominated to take care of the land.
01:19 For example, my residence here is all under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
01:23 there are some plots of land that are managed by Customs Office, so we have things like that.
01:29 But all land are registered under the Federal Commission of Land.
01:32 Correct me if I'm wrong, meaning that Singapore has proposed officially to buy back the land?
01:37 Yes, Singapore has officially returned to buy back the land, because the land is located in the so-called proposed expansion of the World Land Checkpoint.
01:50 How big is the plot? There are two plots, I think the total area for both two plots is about 2.3-2.4 acres.
02:00 When did they submit the proposal last year? I think they submitted their intention to buy back last year.
02:07 But this is the only large-scale Malaysian land in Singapore? No, we have a few.
02:12 Oh, we got some more? Yes, we have.
02:14 We have one, for example, in Holland Village, there's a plot of land owned by Federal Commission of Land, but it's managed by Customs.
02:26 How big is that land? It's quite small, less than 1 acre. But it's still a sophisticated land.
02:33 So I think there are numbers, I don't know all, but there are a number of pockets of land around the island.
02:41 I mean the government, of course, Johor is a separate thing, Johor has their own land, we don't know.
02:46 Our own palaces. We have here and there, but as I said, some of this land may be of use in the future, we don't know.
02:53 So that's why I proposed to try to swap all this land.
02:57 That's a good brilliant idea. So this is how we also swapped the Tanjong Pagar land?
03:02 Yes, Tanjong Pagar, last time, if you remember, we had the point of agreement, right?
03:06 And we decided to stop the Terence Abyss, and then after that, for many years, we are not able to implement it.
03:12 And then when Datuk Srinajit become Prime Minister, he tried to resolve all these things, as he said, no swap.
03:17 All the railway land swapped, and then with land in Marina, and so on and so forth.
03:21 So something similar to that, maybe we can do, but as I said, it's not on me, we have submitted the views to the capitalists,
03:31 and then we have to decide.
03:33 During the points of agreement, we swapped two lands, right?
03:35 No, many. Many pieces of land.
03:38 Kranji also we did.
03:39 Kranji, all that, but then we received a few lands after a long time.
