News about HSR

MALAYSIAN Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT), which is a unit of the Prime Minister’s Department, is in the midst of preparing a White Paper on how local rail companies can benefit from the large number of rail-related jobs being dished out and participate in the projects.

THERE are still many details of the KL-Singapore high-speed rail project that need ironing out before the bilateral agreement is signed at the end of the year.

PETALING JAYA (July 26): Following the recent signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high speed rail (KL-SG HSR) by both the Malaysian and Singaporean governments, MyHSR Corp Sdn Bhd (MyHSR) has selected CH2M as its technical advisor for the landmark cross-border project.

SINGAPORE (July 26): UOB is expecting the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur High Speed Rail to be the “next growth-game changer for the two countries, after Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak signed the memorandum of understanding for the project on July 18.

PUTRAJAYA: The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on July 19 to work towards commencing the Kuala Lumpur–Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) operations by 2026 has sparked renewed interest along the property line.

PETALING JAYA: The high speed rail (HSR) linking Kuala Lumpur and Singapore provides more than speedy travel between the two countries.

SINGAPORE (July 15): Singapore and Malaysia will sign a Memorandum of Understanding on the High-Speed Rail (HSR) project linking Kuala Lumpur with Singapore next Tuesday, said Channel NewsAsia in a Bernama report.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 13): A 27-firm South Korean consortium led by the Korea Rail Network Authority (KRNA) is roping in Malaysian partners, starting with local engineering firm Ranhill Bersekutu Sdn Bhd, to jointly bid for the upcoming 350km Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) project.

SEOUL (June 6): The South Korean ministry of land, infrastructure and transport (Molit) plans to engage with the relevant parties in Malaysia to promote its high-speed rail (HSR) technology, in a move to facilitate a South Korean consortium’s bid for the upcoming 375km Kuala Lumpur-Singapore HSR project.

Construction sector Maintain “overweight”: A local business daily reported that the Kuala Lumpur high speed rail (HSR) project will commence operations in 2027 from its initial target of 2020.