Confusion over ECRL news


The RM55bil East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) could have been cancelled as quickly as the HSR and MRT 3, but due to legal and loan drawdown issues, further talks with China are needed.

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Mohd Azmin Ali’s announcement that the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project has been terminated received “shocked” reactions from his fellow Cabinet Minister and the opposition.

The Economic Affairs Minister said at an event earlier yesterday that the Cabinet had decided to cancel the ECRL because “the country could not afford the RM500mil annual interest on the project”.

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