The design concept for the Muar HSR station. The northern Johor town had been earmarked as an educational hub and stood to gain from the rail link project. Filepic
MALAYSIA needs to continue developing, improving and strengthening its connectivity and accessibility if it wishes to aspire to be developed, prosperous and economically strong.
Iskandar Regional Development Authority (Irda) chief executive officer Datuk Ismail Ibrahim said transportation of cargo and people was of utmost importance whether by land, including road and rail, air or sea.
He said Malaysia had always placed connectivity as one of its pillars of development since the country achieved independence in 1957.
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