(6 Nov 2007)
1. Wide of courtroom
2. Close up Singapore team
3. Mid high shot Singapore team
4. Side shot Singapore team with name strap on table
5. Tommy Koh, Singapore's ambassador at large, greets woman
6. Mid Malaysia team
7. Close up Malaysia name strap on table
8. Mid shot Malaysia team
9. Wide judges walk in to court room
10. Close up judges
11. Mid of judges pan to courtroom as people sit down
12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tommy Koh, Singapore's ambassador at large:
" In 1979 for the first time Malaysia published a map purporting to place Pedra Branca within the Malaysian territorial sea, giving rise to the present dispute. The dispute has been an irritant in the bilateral relations between our two countries."
13. Various of map on screen
14. Wide of court
15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Chao Hick Tim, Singapore's Attorney-General:
(part overlaid with image of map)
"I would like to introduce the court to an important British Admiralty chart. This is Admiralty chart 2403. The chart is entitled Singapore Strait but also covers an additional area beyond either end of the Strait. This is the chart reproduced by Malaysia in large format and folded into the back pocket of a counter memorial."
16. High shot of court
17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tommy Koh, Singapore's ambassador at large:
"According to the court's record, the judgement will be delivered between six and nine months after the end of the hearing. So that will take us to June or September next year."
18 SOUNDBITE: (English) Farida Ariffin, Malaysian ambassador to the Netherlands:
"Well it was a good presentation but we are confident we will be able to respond fully to all the legal and factual arguments."
19. Wide exterior of International Court
20. Mid of United Nations flag
STORYLINE:
Lawyers for Singapore argued before the World Court on Tuesday that the city state has an older and stronger claim to a small but strategic island in the Singapore Strait whose ownership is disputed by Malaysia.
Malaysia's lawyers had not, so far, responded at the UN's highest court for resolving international disputes, formally known as the International Court of Justice.
A 16-judge panel, including ad-hoc judges appointed by Malaysia and Singapore, is to decide the ownership of the 137 metres by 60 metres (450 by 195 foot) granite outcrop, which is known by Singapore as Pedra Branca and by Malaysia as Pulau Batu Puteh.
The court is expected to issue its judgment next year and both countries have said they will abide by its ruling.
The island, a crucial landmark for some 900 ships that pass it every day, is dominated by the black and white striped tower of the Horsburgh Lighthouse built by Britain in 1851 and now controlled by Singapore.
Tommy Koh, Singapore's ambassador at large, argued before the court that Britain claimed the island more than 150 years ago and it fell to Singapore after the end of British colonial rule.
He said that was never in question until 1979, when Malaysia published a map with the island included as its territory.
"In 1979 for the first time Malaysia published a map purporting to place Pedra Branca within the Malaysian territorial sea, giving rise to the present dispute. The dispute has been an irritant in the bilateral relations between our two countries," Koh told the court.
Chao Hick Tin, Singapore's Attorney-General, also showed the court a British Admiralty chart of the Singapore Strait.
Malaysia argues that it has historical title to the island that predates British control.
Malaysian lawyers are scheduled to make their arguments next week.

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