High-Speed Rail (HSR) decision still pending as existing projects are a ‘priority’: Finance Minister II


Finance Minister II Amir Hamzah Azizan said that Malaysia’s current focus is on completing and further developing its existing transport links. - Photo: ST

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Cabinet has yet to discuss reviving the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR) project, as the government focuses on completing existing transport links that will support economic development and sustained growth, said Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan.

"HSR is something that we will always consider, and a study has been conducted. However, at the moment, the Cabinet has not discussed it to that level.

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