T7 Global keen to proceed with ECRL project despite lower cost

KUALA LUMPUR (June 26): T7 Global Bhd is keen on continuing participation in the controversial East Coast Railway Line (ECRL) project even at substantially lower cost, as long as the group "can make a decent profit" from it, its executive deputy chairman Tan Sri Tan Kean Soon said today.

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Erosion: Graves in Muslim cemetery collapse into Sarawak river

KUALA LUMPUR (June 26): More than 100 graves in a Muslim cemetery in Seruai, Spaoh district, Sarawak have collapsed into the Sungai Saribas owing to soil erosion According Batang Lupar PKR branch chief Abang Zulkifli Engkeh, the soil erosion is believed to be caused by sand mining and dredging activities in and around the Sungai Saribas carried out by a private company, Bernama reported yesterday.

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ECRL can proceed with better terms

KUALA LUMPUR (June 26): The government will proceed with the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) if it can obtain more favourable terms through renegotiation and the project’s cost is brought down, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

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Dr M: “Not urgent” to notify S’pore on HSR status

PETALING JAYA (June 25): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said it was “not so urgent” to inform Singapore on the status of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) in an interview with the island republic’s Channel News Asia portal today.

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