Daim meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing
KUALA LUMPUR (July 18): Council of Eminent Person's chairman Tun Daim Zainuddin has just met China's Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi in Beijing today.
Lafarge’s RM270m cement contract for ECRL project suspended
KUALA LUMPUR (July 13): Lafarge Malaysia Bhd’s RM270 million cement supply contract for the proposed East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project has been suspended by China Communications Construction Sdn Bhd, following the suspension of the ECRL project pending a government review.
CCCC begins local lay-offs after ECRL suspension order
KUALA LUMPUR (July 11): China Communications Construction (ECRL) Sdn Bhd has begun laying off Malaysian staff less than a week after the finance ministry ordered the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project suspended.
HSSI notified of ECRL suspension
KUALA LUMPUR (July 9): HSS Engineers Bhd associate company HSS Integrated Sdn Bhd (HSSI) has received a letter from China Communication Construction (ECRL) Sdn Bhd on the suspension of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project, Bernama reported today China Communication Construction (ECRL) Sdn Bhd received the letter from the project owner, Malaysia Rail Link Sdn Bhd, on July 4.
MRL slams reports claiming ECRL works continuing as usual as 'inaccurate'
KUALA LUMPUR (July 9): Malaysia Rail Link Sdn Bhd (MRL), the project owner of the RM81 billion East Coast Rail Link, has dismissed today news reports that suggest construction work is continuing on the ECRL despite a suspension order having been issued.
Trouble brewing at CCCC-George Kent JV, says report
KUALA LUMPUR (July 7): Things between China Communications Construction Co Ltd (CCCC) and its joint-venture (JV) partner George Kent (M) Bhd “is understood to be fraying at the seams because of issues” reported The Edge business weekly in its latest issue.
ECRL, SSER projects ordered to cease work
KUALA LUMPUR (July 5): The East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project and two projects under the finance ministry (MoF) unit Suria Strategic Energy Resources Sdn Bhd (SSER), namely the Multi-Product Pipeline (MPP) and the Trans-Sabah Gas Pipeline (TSGP) projects, have been instructed to suspend all works with immediate effect.
ECRL contractor has “no choice” but follow suspension order
PETALING JAYA (July 4): China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) has “no choice” but to follow the suspension order issued by Malaysia Rail Link Sdn Bhd over the controversial East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project, it said in a statement today.
MRL would not have signed ECRL contract if it could, said sources
PETALING JAYA (June 30): Malaysia Rail Link Sdn Bhd (MRL), the owner of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project, would not have signed the papers for the project out of its own volition, sources told The Star.
ECRL concerns ‘very similar’ to Hambantota — CCCC
HONG KONG (June 29): The main contractor for the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project, China Communications Construction Co Ltd (CCCC) has likened concerns over the Malaysian project to that of Sri Lanka’s troubled Hambantota port.
