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.
03:45 So it makes sense to swap?
03:46 Makes sense to swap.
03:47 Thank you.
03:48 [END]
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