‘Link Bentong to railway line’


Making a connection: Liow (middle) taking a picture with residents at the inaugural Bentong Carnival. With him are Bentong local council chairman Shahid Ismail (on Liow’s right). Also present are (from Liow’s left) district officer Datuk Adzhar Arshad, MCA Bentong chairman Datuk Hoh Khai Mun and Bentong Deputy OCPD DSP Somu Subramaniam.

BENTONG: A slew of developments is in store for Bentong town in the co­ming year, including an outer ring road, a central spine road and perhaps soon, a direct railway link to Kuala Lumpur.

MP Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai is appealing to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to consider Bentong as one of the stops in the East Coast Railway Line.

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