Japan raises efforts to win high speed rail project


Massive venture: Guests taking in the magnitude of the Bandar Malaysia project through a scale model of the township on the eve of the official launching of the project by the Prime Minister in June last year.

PETALING JAYA: Japan is heightening its efforts in its bid for the pro­­­posed 350km Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) following the reported lapse in the Bandar Malaysia deal, according to Nikkei Asian Review.

It said Japan’s Land, Infra­structure, Transport and Tourism Minister Keiichi Ishii was expected to call on three Malaysian ministers involved in the HSR project yesterday before meeting his Singaporean counterpart.

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