Friday, May 23, 2008

Singapore's Pedra Branca

We got the Terumbu Karang.

Hooray!

Updated
See pic of our "terumbu(s)" here. What lost? We won what?! There's two terumbu(s) a.k.a batu(s), mind you! Yay! Who says we need the "crooked bridge", now that we have this two batu(s), no?

Final score:
International Court of Justice rules in 12-4 decision that Singapore has sovereignty of Pulau Batu Puteh. Malaysia gets consolation of Middle Rocks 15-1. Read ICJ Official Press released here.

Pulau Batu Putih milik Singapura.
23/05/2008 5:52pm
Utusan Online (Terkini)
THE HAGUE 23 Mei – Mahkamah Keadilan Antarabangsa (ICJ) di sini hari ini memutuskan bahawa Pulau Batu Putih adalah milik Singapura.
Bagaimanapun, dalam penghakiman itu yang dibacakan oleh Hakim Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh, ICJ memutuskan Terumbu Karang Tengah dimiliki oleh Malaysia.
Read more here.

There's a Malay saying "Menang sorak kampung tergadai". That has happened today. My sincere hope is that this will be the last and in future no more kampung of ours will "kena gadai".

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Lepas ni batu sendiri pun kena gadai

Anonymous said...

what's next? Iskandar Development Region? Why not, while we are that, give Malacca & part of Pahang too.

Anonymous said...

ya, bukan ka baguih kalu ada jamabatan bengkok? Cukup punya besaq dok ada. Tak main lah kita kalu setakat pulau ka batu ka, bukan ka?