News about HSR

PETALING JAYA (June 12): In what appears to be a softening of his stance, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) is postponed, and not axed entirely.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 9): Mega projects such as the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) and Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) will be part of the discussions when Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng visits China and Singapore.

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KUALA LUMPUR (June 6): Ekovest Bhd’s joint-venture (JV) agreement with Samling Resources Sdn Bhd to jointly undertake the development and upgrading of the Pan Borneo Highway (pictured) in the state of Sarawak — Phase 1 for work package contract WPC-02 (Semantan to Sg Moyan Bridge and KSR Interchanges) — with a total contract value of RM2.

PETALING JAYA (June 4): Contracts with China and Singapore that are being reviewed will be handled via diplomatic channels, says Tun Daim Zainuddin (pictured).

PETALING JAYA (June 2): The 486-acre Bandar Malaysia development in Sungai Besi, which was to house the terminus of the recently-stopped Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) line, is still attractive thanks to its strategic location and two future mass rapid transit (MRT) stations coming up there, reported The Edge weekly.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 2): There are some in Malaysia who feel that the halting of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) mega project should have been made only after the Cabinet had decided on the matter.

PETALING JAYA (June 2): The Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) can be “so much cheaper”, said newly sworn-in Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.

With the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) aborted, Singapore’s Jurong Lake District could lose some of its shine.

  SINGAPORE (June 1): Singapore has requested the Malaysian government to clarify its position on the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) project, Bernama reported Minister for Transport Khaw Boon Wan as saying.