A model of a proposed East Coast Rail Link train during the project’s ground breaking ceremony in 2017. Photo: Xinhua A model of a proposed East Coast Rail Link train during the project’s ground breaking ceremony in 2017. Photo: Xinhua
A model of a proposed East Coast Rail Link train during the project’s ground breaking ceremony in 2017. Photo: Xinhua
Malaysia
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Malaysia’s ECRL: Officials flip-flop over future of US$20 billion China-backed project

  • The administration of Mahathir Mohamad has scrambled to walk back a minister’s earlier comments that the rail link would be scrapped

Topic |   Malaysia
Bhavan Jaipragas
Bhavan Jaipragas

Updated: 10:30am, 1 Feb, 2019

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A model of a proposed East Coast Rail Link train during the project’s ground breaking ceremony in 2017. Photo: Xinhua A model of a proposed East Coast Rail Link train during the project’s ground breaking ceremony in 2017. Photo: Xinhua
A model of a proposed East Coast Rail Link train during the project’s ground breaking ceremony in 2017. Photo: Xinhua
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