Sarawak LRT takes backseat to basic infrastructure needs
KUCHING (August 2): Sarawak’s proposed light rail transit (LRT) system that is estimated to cost RM10.
UPDATE: Man dies after falling onto LRT tracks
PETALING JAYA (Aug 1): A male passenger has died after allegedly falling onto the light rail transit (LRT) tracks at the Pusat Bandar Puchong LRT station this morning, reported Bernama.
Prasarana denies CEO tenure cut short
KUALA LUMPUR (July 26): Prasarana Malaysia Bhd has denied that the tenure of its president and group chief executive officer Masnizam Hisham (pictured) has been cut short or that she has tendered her resignation.
Prasarana to rationalise LRT3 project
KUALA LUMPUR (July 26): It will now be a scaled down LRT3.
Prasarana chief’s tenure may be cut short — sources
KUALA LUMPUR (July 26): Prasarana Malaysia Bhd president and group chief executive officer (CEO) Masnizam Hisham (pictured) may see her three-year tenure cut short as she is said to be leaving the company amid criticism from lawmakers that it had caused the cost of the light rail transit line 3 (LRT3) project to balloon.
Saving a Shah Alam green lung from the LRT3
PETALING JAYA (July 24): The LRT3 line is to run through the only green lung in the area, and Jalan Plumbum 101 and 103 residents in Section 7 Shah Alam are worried.
LRT3 cost may climb due to cuts
PETALING JAYA (July 24): Due to additional costs incurred by changes in design and delivery schedule of the project, contractors with work packages in the Light Rail Transit 3 (LRT3) project have said that they would seek compensation.
Soft loan from federal govt will help expedite Penang’s PTMP projects
KUALA LUMPUR (July 23): A soft loan from Putrajaya will allow the planned Pan Island Link (PIL) and the light rail transit (LRT) system projects in Penang to be implemented simultaneously, Bernama reported chief minister Chow Kon Yeow saying yesterday.
Specification changes led to LRT3 cost surge
KUALA LUMPUR (July 23): A chunk of the increase in costs for the light rail transit Line 3 (LRT3) project — from RM9 billion to RM31.
Ex-PM Najib 'not entirely lying' on LRT3 figures, says DAP's Pua
KUALA LUMPUR (July 22): Damansara lawmaker and special officer to the finance minister Tony Pua revealed yesterday that ex-prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak (pictured) “not entirely lying” when he disputed Putrajaya's figures on the price tag of the LRT3 project, the Malaysiakini news portal reported yesterday.
