What the fuck!!!!!! Azmin: Malaysia need not compensate Singapore over HSR project

[rushifa666]

Please dont quote cna. Their articles are obviously slanted

 

[rushifa666]

I believe it was chinas generous gesture that forced our mad dictators into waiving the money. Goodwill your head

 

[winnipegjets]

This is an outrage. I am disappointed that the PAP is too desperate to be friendly to the jiuhukias. It makes them think we are weak.

I would have recommended that the SAF took over JB and sacked the town as a warning to the jiuhukias not to renege on their agreement.

Please upgrade yourself ...you are still thinking of WW2 warfare strategy.

 

[winnipegjets]

What is there to compensate?
If sinkapore has a basis to seek compensation, it would proceed. The PAP is full of wayang. They know how to pump up sinkees to high level of stupidity.

Sinkees need to stop believing that this peesai can survive by making enemies of its immediate neighbours.

 

[halsey02]

Do you think, I can tell my government that I delay my Careshield Eldershield premiums for another two years and then we discuss again two years later?

You got the picture, in two years time, they will change another person in charge & maybe even PM...then the one taking over will say...we have to look into this, for I do not agree...ha ha ha...& then delay for another 2 years...

Now...who is bodoh? the low hei, open durians ones that is paid so much, for these lowly paid " Ali baba's"??? ha ha ha ha

 

[ballsoffire]

their salary never delay for 2 years too?

 

[ginfreely]

Singapore only good at bully own people.
Dr M eat us flat flat.

Yes sinkies only good at bully own people and then complain pap and foreigners bully them.

 

[ginfreely]

Yes sinkies only good at bully own people and then complain pap and foreigners bully them.

Like the TS @TerrexLee kpkb here but no qualms to bully me. What a hypocrite liar bully.

 

[congo9]

Win Win situation.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

KL-Singapore High-Speed Rail formally postponed; service targeted to start by Jan 2031
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Singapore Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan (left) and Malaysian Economic Affairs Minister Azmin Ali exchange documents in Putrajaya on Sep 5, 2018, on postponing the KL-Singapore High-Speed Rail project. The signing was witnessed by Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. (Photo: MCI)
05 Sep 2018 03:14PM (Updated: 05 Sep 2018 05:47PM)
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PUTRAJAYA: Singapore and Malaysia have formally agreed to postpone the construction of the KL-Singapore High-Speed Rail until end-May 2020, with Malaysia having to pay Singapore S$15 million for costs incurred in suspending the project.
In a joint statement released on Wednesday (Sep 5), both countries said the HSR express service is now expected to start by Jan 1, 2031, instead of the original commencement date of Dec 31, 2026.

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The new agreement was signed by Malaysia's Economic Affairs Minister Azmin Ali and Singapore's Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan at the Prime Minister's Office in Putrajaya on Wednesday afternoon.
The signing was witnessed by Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, his Malaysian counterpart Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.


At a news conference after the signing, Mr Azmin said Malaysia will have to pay Singapore S$15 million in abortive costs before the end of January 2019 for suspending the project.

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Additionally, if Malaysia does not proceed with the project by May 31, 2020, it will also bear the agreed costs incurred by Singapore in fulfilling the HSR Bilateral Agreement.
During the suspension period, both countries will "continue to discuss the best way forward for the HSR project with the aim of reducing costs", the joint statement said.
"We have all worked tirelessly in order to bring about a resolution that is mutually beneficial," said Mr Azmin after the signing ceremony.
"Without doubt, this agreement would not have happened if not for our strong commitment to bilateral cooperation between our two countries," he added.


"I am confident that this spirit will see us through the final fruition of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail project."
Mr Khaw also spoke after signing the new agreement.
"Many Singaporeans had been looking forward to the realisation of this project and we remain committed to this project," he said, adding that he understood why Malaysia had to suspend the development of the HSR.
READ: KL-Singapore HSR: What you need to know
The HSR is among several mega projects approved by the previous Malaysian government that have come under review, as the Pakatan Harapan administration relooks the country's finances after winning the May general election.
Dr Mahathir had announced shortly after the election that the HSR project would be scrapped entirely, saying that the rail will not benefit Malaysia.
He later said in July that the project would be deferred instead.
During Wednesday's news conference, Mr Azmin revealed that a flurry of negotiations led to the announcement. The Malaysian Cabinet initially asked for the project to be on hold for three to four years - a message he passed on when visiting Singapore, he said.

Mr Khaw later met him in Kuala Lumpur and told him Singapore was willing to consider postponement of a year. The Malaysian minister returned to Singapore to appeal for it to be suspended for longer.

Both sides agreed that if the deferment was beyond two years, the business model for the project would have changed by then, and "costs would continue to escalate". The two countries then mutually agreed on a two-year deferment.
The proposed 350km-long HSR line aims to reduce travel time between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur to around 90 minutes by train, from the current 11 hours on existing train services.
When operational, the line will offer an express service between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, a domestic service from Kuala Lumpur to Iskandar Puteri and a shuttle service from Iskandar Puteri to Jurong East.
Source: CNA/aa/(db/gs)
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[red amoeba]

Once again the old Mahathir is showing his sly side. Imagine he conked out in 2019 and Anwar can say it’s not his pasar and delay some more. We r stuck w Jurong piece of land dunno dev other things or not.

I hope the Khaw has asked them to shut up on the water issue in return for a delay.

 

[halsey02]

Once again the old Mahathir is showing his sly side. Imagine he conked out in 2019 and Anwar can say it’s not his pasar and delay some more. We r stuck w Jurong piece of land dunno dev other things or not.

I hope the Khaw has asked them to shut up on the water issue in return for a delay.

By 2031, mee siam mai hum may have goyang to the right this time & who knows might have joined his papa, Cow$8..will have a beautiful niche at Nirvana Memorial Park & Old Fox...securely buried, they make sure, he doesn't rises again, this time to lead UMNO.

By then...it will be postponed...maybe we will get this running in 2525. We the ministers of Singapore are real bodoh, con once again from lesser paid ministers outside Singapore...we thought the bak kut teh thing would have made them smarter...now it is sniffing durians & tossing food & still, they aren't smarter.

 

[rotiprata]

both sides are "kek-ling talking"...….. a HSR will take chow-chow 9-10 years or more..... we're near to 2019....
HSR to start service in 2031????

 

[greedy and cunning]

This is an outrage. I am disappointed that the PAP is too desperate
to be friendly to the jiuhukias. It makes them think we are weak.
I would have recommended that the SAF took over JB and sacked the town as a warning to the jiuhukias not to renege
on their agreement.

if the sillypooore ah-mee follow your recommendation
we will be mudlaysure shitizens within a month.
dont any how open mouth can or not ?

it is a different story if we have tis kind of soldier

 

[hofmann]

A bold diplomatic move by out government to ensure better long term ties with our closest neighbor. The project will resume under the Anwar government in 2 years. Our international standing will go up as we show ourselves to be reasonable business partners.

Unlucky for the jurong lake district property speculators though, it will take a little while longer for their investments to bear fruit.

Mahathir's win was a black swan event for these investors.

 

[ginfreely]

Win Win situation.

What’s so win win? The 15m compensation is a lot meh? Four years delay for nothing.

 

[congo9]

Singapore should just admit that we are a small Nation. We can't punch above our weight all the time. It takes a lot of effort to do so.

 

[congo9]

We give in to you la.
You must give me some money to cover my folks salary lor.

They need to be paid salary and retrenchment ma