Singapore-KL
High-speed train talks on
Government talks to take place this year, says Johor MB. Business Times (M).
Mar 23 2007

TALKS on the high-speed train project between Malaysia and Singapore should take place this year, Johor Menteri Besar Abdul Ghani Othman said.

“Let’s leave it to the governments of Malaysia and Singapore,” he told reporters after the opening of Invest Malaysia 2007 yesterday.

It was reported in January that the government supported YTL Corp Bhd’s US$2.3b plans for a bullet-train service from Kuala Lumpur to the republic, with Transport Minister Chan Kong Choy saying then that a study had shown the proposal to be feasible.

Property and utility firm YTL Corp Bhd has proposed to build and run the train between the two capitals, cutting the journey to 90 minutes from the present 7½ hours.

Ghani said the project would benefit south Johor.

“We have the Second Link and Causeway, but we should enhance the transportation links between Singapore, Johor and the rest of Malaysia. ” On the proposal for a theme park in Nusajaya, Ghani said it would be one of a kind, and “globally unique”.

“We have put aside more than 800 hectares of land, very much endowed with tropical access, rivers, mangroves ... it will be a thematic tropical setting.” Announcements on the project could be expected by year end.
Business Times, Malaysia