Malaysia to fly solo, pay off Singapore in HSR deal


Khoo Gek San

Former prime minister Najib Razak visits the KL-Singapore High-Speed Rail exhibition in Kuala Lumpur in October 2018. Malaysia is reported to be pulling out of the agreement that was inked on his watch to build the rail line with Singapore. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, December 13, 2020.

MALAYSIA will proceed with the long-delayed high-speed rail (HSR) project, but with the track ending in Johor, and Singapore out of the picture, said a source.

The source said Malaysia would pay its neighbour RM300 million in compensation.


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  • Advantage Spore and they laughing all the way to the bank

    Posted 3 years ago by Teruna Kelana