Editing Foreign relations of Malaysia (section)

===Singapore===

Singapore [[Singapore in Malaysia|was a part of Malaysia for two years (1963–65)]], but it ultimately was asked by [[Tunku Abdul Rahman|Tunku]] to secede after increased racial tensions due to the election campaigns in 1964. Today, disputes continue among other things, over the pricing of deliveries of raw untreated water to Singapore, Singapore's land reclamation causing a negative environmental impact in Malaysian waters, a new bridge to replace the [[Johor-Singapore Causeway]] which Singapore does not want to pay for, maritime boundaries,<ref name="CIA Disputes"/> the redevelopment of Malayan Railway lands in Singapore and [[Pedra Branca, Singapore|Pedra Branca]]. Both parties however, agreed to [[International Court of Justice|ICJ]] arbitration on the island dispute. On 24 May 2008, the International Court of Justice ruled that Pedra Branca belonged to Singapore with the nearby Middle Rocks going to Malaysia.<ref name="CIA Disputes"/><ref name="MYIDPHSG"/> Regarding railway land in Singapore, see also [[Malaysia-Singapore Points of Agreement of 1990]]. On introducing budget flights between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, the stumbling block appears to be Malaysia's sympathy towards flag carrier [[Malaysia Airlines]], and preference for the existing near duopoly with Singapore Airlines.