Faster, faster: Chinese scholar says quicker ECRL trains, speedier construction time possible

Gao (left) receiving a token of appreciation from Wong. – IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star.

KUALA LUMPUR: A prominent Chinese scholar hopes the ECRL (East Coast Rail Link) project will be completed as two high-speed rail projects in South-East Asia have already been built.

"The Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail and Laos-China high-speed rail have been completed. Hopefully, the ERCL project will be completed quickly, too," said Victor Gao, the chair professor at Soochow University and vice president of the Centre for China and Globalisation.