Only one RM5m development project discontinued — Economic Affairs Ministry
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 6): Only one development project allocated RM5 million has been discontinued, while 278 projects allocated RM1.
Word of China delegation on ECRL and pipeline projects
PETALING JAYA (July 27): According to a government source, a high-level delegation from China is in Kuala Lumpur to discuss the East Coast Rail Line (ECRL) and gas pipeline projects under the Finance Ministry unit Suria Strategic Energy Resources Sdn Bhd (SSER), reported Malaysiakini.
Pahang Regent welcomes review on ECRL price tag
KUALA LUMPUR (July 24): The Regent of Pahang Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah said he welcomed Putarjaya’s move to review the cost of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) mega project.
CCC-ECRL confirms staff lay-offs following suspension of ECRL project
KUALA LUMPUR (July 24): China Communications Construction (ECRL) Sdn Bhd (CCC-ECRL) has taken the necessary steps to rationalise its workforce in view of the finance ministry’s (MoF) instruction to suspend work on the 688km East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project, according to its media statement yesterday.
ECRL good for east coast development, says Liow
Bentong (July 23): The East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project is vital for the development of the east coast, said MCA president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, in urging the government to retain the project.
ECRL retrenched mostly unskilled workers, says report
KUALA LUMPUR (July 22): The bulk of the about 1,000 workers involved in work on the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) mega project recently retrenched comprise unskilled daily paid labour, an industry source familiar with the matter told The Star.
Almost half of 2,000 ECRL staff laid off, mostly Malaysians, says report
KUALA LUMPUR (July 21): As the fate of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) mega project hangs in the balance, reports are now coming in that there have been significant retrenchments of local workers.
Daim in China to renegotiate contracts given by BN govt, PM says
KUALA LUMPUR (July 19): Council of Eminent Persons (CEP) chairman Tun Daim Zainuddin (pictured) is in China to try to renegotiate contracts entered into by the previous Barisan Nasional government with Chinese firms, said Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
MoF unit sounds warning on ECRL lay-offs
KUALA LUMPUR: A ministry of finance (MoF) unit has cautioned China Communications Construction (ECRL) Sdn Bhd (CCC-ECRL), the main contractor of the suspended East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project, against its rapid lay-offs following the suspension.
