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No compensation for HSR deferment: KL minister

It'll be payable if Malaysia cancels project at end of agreed postponement period, Mohamed Azmin says

Published Mon, Sep 3, 2018 · 09:50 PM

    Kuala Lumpur

    MALAYSIAN Economic Affairs Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali said on Monday that an agreement has been reached to postpone the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR) project without compensation, and that the project would resume once the deferral ends.

    However, a Singapore Ministry of Transport spokesman said that discussions are still ongoing.

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