PETALING JAYA: After more than two years of uncertainty, the curtain has finally fallen on the proposed Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high speed rail (HSR) project.
In a joint statement yesterday, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and his Singapore counterpart Lee Hsien Loong said the two governments decided to let the HSR agreement lapse on Dec 31,2020, after negotiations and several discussions failed to yield acceptable outcomes.
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“In light of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Malaysian economy, the Malaysian government had proposed several changes to the HSR project.
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