Najib: ECRL construction to boost economic growth in Pahang


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 05 Aug 2017

WEDNESDAY, JULY 12 KUALA LUMPUR- Release of May 2017 Industrial Production Index at 1200 (0400 GMT) KUALA LUMPUR- Prime Minister Najib Razak attends National Small and Medium Entrepreneurs (SME) Development Council 1/2017 meeting at SME Corp office, KL Sentral at 1530 (0730 GMT)

KUANTAN: Pahang's economy is projected to grow by 1.5% with the construction of the East Coast Rail Line (ECRL), said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (pic).

The Prime Minister said the railway line, to be launched on Aug 9, would be the latest addition to a slew of projects that would develop the state.

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