News about East Coast Rail Link

PETALING JAYA (June 2): The cost of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) – which is one of several mega projects being reviewed by the Pakatan Harapan government – has been inflated, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 23): The new Pakatan Harapan-led government would decide "very soon" on whether to continue with the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur high-speed rail project, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 18): The East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project will have a price tag beyond the RM55 billion announced by the Barisan Nasional government previously, said the Council of Eminent Persons.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 17): While the Council of Eminent Persons, set up under the new Pakatan Harapan (PH) government, met heads of infrastructure projects yesterday, it is “business as usual” for the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project, a project spokesman told reporters.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 17): The Royal Malaysian Customs Department confirmed granting China Communications Construction Sdn Bhd goods and services tax (GST) relief under Malaysia's East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): Lafarge Malaysia Bhd will be supplying RM270 million worth of cement for all eight packages of work for the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 28): Ahmad Zaki Resources Bhd has posted a net loss of RM3.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 21): Education is expected to become a larger driver of Chinese property buying in Malaysia by 2025, said Juwai.

SHAH ALAM (Dec 7): Local contractors may face cost pressures from a tightening supply chain in the years to come, according to Gamuda Bhd group managing director Datuk Lin Yun Ling.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 12): Engineering and metering company George Kent (Malaysia) Bhd rose 1.