News about HSR

BEIJING (April 29): While mega infrastructure projects like the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) and Bandar Malaysia have been reinstated, there are no clear signs yet that the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) will have a similar fate.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 8): MyHSR Corp Sdn Bhd is seeking a Technical Advisory Consultant (TAC) for the suspended Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Railway line (HSR).

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 12): Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (pictured) wants to reassure foreign investors who may have been spooked by the recent scrapping and delay of a few high-profile multi-billion ringgit mega projects, according to a report by Bloomberg.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 6): MyHSR Corp Sdn Bhd, together with its Singapore counterpart (SG HSR), will be calling off the ongoing international joint tender for the assets company (AssetsCo), following the deferment of the project.

PUTRAJAYA (Sept 6): The S$15 million that Malaysia has to pay Singapore for deferring the high-speed rail (HSR) is meant to settle "abortive costs" that will be incurred in wrapping up existing, contracted works that have been done in preparation for the RM110 billion project.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 1): The Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) mega project will be deferred for two years without penalty to either nation, The Edge weekly reported in its Sept 3 issue.

PETALING JAYA (August 30): Datuk Seri Azmin Ali has met with Singapore Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan today, to discuss the KL-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR) project.

KUALA LUMPUR (August 25): Singapore has not yet agreed to defer the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project, reported the Straits Times.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 16): Privatisation of the RM110 billion Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project is not among the options presented to the Singapore government, said Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Azmin Ali.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 6): Only one development project allocated RM5 million has been discontinued, while 278 projects allocated RM1.