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Read more about Malaysia and Singapore terminate agreement to build high-speed rail link on Business Standard. Singapore and Malaysia said a deal to build a high-speed rail (HSR) link between the two neighbours will be terminated, after a suspension period to negotiate terms of the project expired on Dec 31
KL-Singapore High Speed Rail Project Terminated Due To Covid-19 Impact
Published 4 months ago
Back in 2013, both Malaysian and Singaporean governments agreed to the construction of a 350km rail line that was set to transport commuters from a terminal station in Kuala Lumpur to Jurong East, Singapore. The High-Speed Rail Project was slated to have seven stations and would even cut travel time between KL to Singapore to just 90 minutes.
However, Malaysian Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin released a joint statement with his Singaporean counterpart, Lee Hsien Loong today (1 January 2021), announcing that the HSR KL-Singapore Project has officially been terminated. Both countries will comply with their respective conditions and take the necessary action as a result of the termination of the HSR project agreement.
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Thousands of expats around the world forced to flee their adopted homes because of coronavirus
As the global economy takes a battering, people living abroad are being forced out of not just jobs but the countries they call home
31 December 2020 • 10:48am
In 2005, my family traded in a little cottage on the edge of the River Wey for a mid-century home on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Palm trees replaced the willow at the end of our garden, and the South China Sea stood in for the Thames tributary that we’d walked along all our lives.
We soon settled into a new rhythm of life in the teeming metropolis: the cranky kitsch cha chaan tengs (old-school Hong Kong cafés) grew to be familiar, just like the smell of dried fish in the markets and the daily, ear-splitting sound of drilling into concrete.