One-and-half months into his job as CEO of the newly-set up MRT Co and Datuk Azhar Abdul Hamid does display some signs of fatigue. That's hardly surprising. Over the last few weeks, Azhar has been tirelessly working towards solving one of the thorniest issues of the ambitious project: dealing with the landowners affected by the mass rail transit's (MRT) alignment.
“I've been doing so much talking over the past few weeks my throat hurts,” he tells StarBizWeek at the end of a two-hour interview at MRT Co's temporary office in Damansara. Azhar is calm and articulate in handling the barrage of questions. The Klang Valley MRT which is renamed My Rapid Transit, has not failed to evoke emotions, controversy and even excitement among some stock market punters, from the word go.