KL-Singapore high-speed rail has potential to extend to Penang


KUALA LUMPUR: The high-speed rail (HSR) link between Malaysia and Singapore has potential to be extended to Penang and even further afield to Bangkok and Beijing, said Datuk Seri Idris Jala.

But such a move, if it were to happen, would only take place 50 to 100 years from today, the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department said at Standard & Poor's Asean capital markets seminar on Friday.

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