News about ECRL

BEIJING (April 29): Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pictured) said the government will reveal the details of the revised contract on the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) to the public, though it also needs to take into consideration China's feelings in the matter.

PUTRAJAYA (April 24): Transport Minister Anthony Loke (pictured) today explained that his proposal for a East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) station in Nilai “was just a suggestion”, reported The Malay Mail today.

BEIJING (April 24): Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pictured) is expected to arrive in Beijing this evening for his five-day official visit to China.

  KUALA LUMPUR (April 24): The project and asset owner of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project, Malaysian Rail Link Sdn Bhd (MRL), has dismissed allegations that China Communications Construction Company Ltd (CCCC) will be able to state their claim on assets, minerals or objects of interest during the construction of the 640km railway.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 23): Gadang Holdings Bhd clarified yesterday that it has not submitted any official tender for the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): RHB Research Institute Sdn Bhd has upgraded IOI Properties Bhd to "buy" from "neutral", with an unchanged target price of RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): Shares in Gadang Holdings Bhd and DWL Resources Bhd rose this morning after the duo entered into a pre-bid consortium agreement to jointly tender for and undertake infrastructure projects.

KUALA LUMPUR: Gadang Holdings Bhd could be back in action soon.

(April 20): Special advisor to the Government Tun Daim Zainuddin wonders whether the Barisan Nasional Cabinet had made a collective decision on the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project and whether there was a Cabinet paper on it.

  KUALA LUMPUR (April 18): Malaysia Rail Link Sdn Bhd (MRL) clarified yesterday that a proposed joint operations agreement between the company and China Communications Construction Company Ltd (CCCC) does not involve ceding any form of ownership of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) to its Chinese counterpart.