Singapore and Malaysia hold ceremony to resume work on Woodlands-Johor rail link


(From left) Malaysian Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong, Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung at the international boundary line on the Causeway on July 30, 2020.- ST/ANN

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Singapore and Malaysia held a ceremony on Thursday (July 30) to resume work on the cross-border Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link between Woodlands and Johor Bahru, one day ahead of a final deadline following multiple postponements to the project.

Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung and his Malaysian counterpart Wee Ka Siong marked the official resumption in a ceremony at the Causeway witnessed by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.

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