Mustapa: Malaysia's financial position meant original HSR no longer viable
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The current state of the economy that was severely hurt by the Covid-19 pandemic meant Malaysia could no longer proceed with the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) as originally envisioned in 2016, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mustapa Mohamed.
Mustapa, who is in charge of the Economic Planning Unit, said this in explaining the decision to terminate the HSR bilateral agreement with Singapore...
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