Singapore agrees to suspend HSR project till Dec 31
This will give Malaysia enough time to clarify proposal, Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan says in FB post
Singapore
SINGAPORE has agreed to further suspend the High-Speed Rail (HSR) project - which would link it with Kuala Lumpur - for seven months, till the end of the year.
In a Facebook post on May 31, Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan said that Malaysia's Senior Minister for International Trade and Industry Azmin Ali wrote to him to ask for the extension to discuss Malaysia's proposed changes to the project.
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