Dr M: HSR expenditure does not justify small number of jobs created


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 30 May 2018

Prime Minster Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. – Bernama

PUTRAJAYA: The amount of money spent to build the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project does not justify the number of jobs it could generate, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

“If you are going to spend RM60bil to RM100bil so that thousands of people can work, that's not very efficient,” he said to reporters after hosting Ramadan break-of-fast event at Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC).

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