CCCC open to ‘equity partnership’ in bid to rescue ECRL

BEIJING (Sept 24): The Chinese contractor of the controversial East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) is still hopeful of rescuing the project and has expressed its willingness to take up an equity stake in the ECRL if the project resumes, according to its management when met by Malaysian media in China on Saturday during a trip organised by the Chinese government.

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ECRL Chinese contractor confident project will restart

PETALING JAYA (Sept 5): China Communications Construction Co Ltd (CCCC), the contractor of the suspended East Coast Rail Link, is confident that the project – which was called off last month – will be restarted thanks to bilateral talks between China and Malaysia, reported South China Morning Post.

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DAP Rep: Restore ECRL sites, help retrenched workers

KUALA LUMPUR (August 24): Calling their plight “regrettable”,  Ketari state assemblyman Young Syefura Othman said the government should ensure the welfare of the nearly 2,000 retrenched East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) workers, and rehabilitate the sites that had previously been earmarked for the project.

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