News by Sangeetha Amarthalingam

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Liew Vui Keong: Keep your finger crossed, hopefully by next week. It is in the pipeline as I said before, we will prepare the memorandum and submit to the Cabinet for approval.

“We can see the construction cost is RM32 billion (but) this does not take into consideration other costs which I am sure would rise to RM50 billion.”

"What he is trying to do is to try and renegotiate the loans (received from Chinese banks) and the contracts we have given to Chinese companies because we find that they are costly."

"The reduction of the price is very difficult as far as we can make out. So it will have to be deferred,"

“I informed the Cabinet on July 11 that AG Tommy Thomas opined that this issue must be resolved in accordance to the law."

CZC said last week the bridge would require additional considerations like a suitable height to enable larger ships to pass beneath it, and to accommodate a light rail line underneath it as well.

“Hopefully, with the reintroduction of the SST, it will be more conducive as well.”

The Merdeka PNB 118 Tower will see a new hotel brand making its debut in the country.

PNB owns a 55% stake in property developer I&P.

The first tender for the KL-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) project will be called for by an assets company (AssetsCo) in the final quarter of 2017, said Land Public Transport Commission (Spad) chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar.