By Clarissa Oon, Senior Political Correspondent

PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak agreed here yesterday to turn a page on bilateral ties and move relations forward in a productive manner.

The Malaysian leader, who wound up his two-day visit to Singapore last night, agreed that 'legacy' problems which both sides inherited had to be set aside - or steps need to be taken to resolve them.

In particular, both sides pledged to look at how to implement a stalled 18-year-old Points Of Agreement (POA) on the development and status of railway land in Singapore, the interpretation of which Malaysia disputes.

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