Tuesday 29 June 2010

A Piece of Malaysia in Singapore




The status of the railway station, as well as other issues such as the water supply to Singapore, is disputed between the governments of Malaysia and Singapore.

When Singapore left Malaysia in 1965, there was no border control between the two countries.When the two countries established border controls, both the Malaysian and Singaporean Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) officers were stationed at Tanjong Pagar for immigration clearance of railway passengers. Road travellers clear immigration at the Malaysian side of the causeway and Woodlands, Singapore upon entry to Singapore. In this case, the CIQ of both countries are separated.

Following an agreement between Malaysia and Singapore which was reached on 24 May 2010, railway operations into the station will cease by 1 July 2011, after which the building will be conserved and may be integrated with future developments on the site. KTM's southern terminus would be relocated to the Woodlands Train Checkpoint.

(excerpts taken from Wikipedia)

Will miss boarding & alighting the train here....tis is one for the memory...
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15 comments :

  1. Ned Omar29 June 2010 at 01:58

    i still got the ticket when we 2 took the train home.

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  2. Sophie Eusofe29 June 2010 at 21:05

    Oh wow!! that was years ago...our lil across the causeway adventure ;)

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  3. Nadya Suradi29 June 2010 at 22:15

    i hope they can restore and conserve this building properly....singapore loves razing things down in favor of shiny new things..

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  4. Sophie Eusofe30 June 2010 at 00:16

    the building will probably be conserved but God knows what it will be converted into...Malaysia's Khazanah Nasional Berhad and Singapore government's investment arm, Temasek Holdings Limited, each hold 60% and 40% equity respectively. we'll juz wait and see...

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  5. Deemelia Manz30 June 2010 at 23:41

    will miss this place...sigh

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  6. Sophie Eusofe1 July 2010 at 01:18

    pisang goreng + teh tarik here before ur labour babe?

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  7. Nur Arafah1 July 2010 at 09:37

    nice shots :)

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  8. i ♥♥ travel .1 July 2010 at 15:20

    will miss the mee soto and late night teh tarik..sigh...all good things gone..

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  9. Deemelia Manz1 July 2010 at 21:39

    yes pls! :)

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  10. Fazleena Latiff2 July 2010 at 12:46

    I always amuse myself when I'm there with the thought that, hey, I'm somewhat on Malaysia's land tapi tak payah pakai passport. I remembered eating this pedas nak mampos punye nasik goreng. Hah!

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  11. Sophie Eusofe4 July 2010 at 21:08

    thank u afah!

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  12. Sophie Eusofe4 July 2010 at 21:10

    i'm hopin tt they won't take away the ol skool stalls! they are juz as nostalgic as the station itself...

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  13. Sophie Eusofe4 July 2010 at 21:11

    heheh yeah me too! mcm Special gitu....i'm in malaysia...no passport....makan pisang goreng hot hot!

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  14. Rafeeqah Jaffar5 July 2010 at 10:17

    NAK IKOT!

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  15. Sophie Eusofe5 July 2010 at 12:43

    ok! iyuan tis week work mornin shift...so far we haven't made plans for week day evenings! when u peeps free after work for dinner here? tmrw? wed?

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