News about ECRL

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 17): Auditor-General Tan Sri Ambrin Buang (pictured) said his department and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) have yet to receive any instruction to be part of the executive committee for the RM55 billion East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 16): The DAP’s Tony Pua (pictured) said that Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai’s attempts to justify the increase in price from RM29 billion to RM55 billion for the proposed East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) raises many more questions than answers.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 15): Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai (pictured) has cited a change in alignment, a longer tunnel link and the weak ringgit as the reasons for the cost of for the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project jumping to RM55 billion from RM29 billion as estimated by a consulting engineering firm previously.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 10): The DAP’s Tony Pua (pictured) said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai’s response to East Coast Rail Line (ECRL) pricing criticisms proved that he is the most clueless Transport Minister.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 9): The government yesterday denied claims that the RM55 billion East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project could be the world’s costliest rail project.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 8): Despite a controversial price tag, the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) has earned some positive compliments from the analyst community for its potential to improve connectivity, which could spur more economic activity along the east coast.

AT a cost of RM91.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 7): Opposition members of Parliament (MPs) claimed today that the company that represented Malaysia in signing the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project was a special purpose vehicle (SPV) that was created with RM2 capital and formed without Parliament's consent.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 7): The DAP’s Tony Pua questioned as to why the Malaysian government was awarding the 600km East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project to China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) at RM55 billion or RM91.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 4): The controversial 600km East Coast Rail Line (ECRL) project, which is estimated to cost RM55 billion, is under the purview of the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) and not the ministry of transport (MoT), Parliament was told yesterday.