A disagreement between Malaysia and Singapore over an assets company to operate a high-speed rail link between the two countries resulted in the project being abandoned. Photo: Reuters
What derailed the Singapore-Malaysia high-speed link, and where now for neighbours’ troubled relationship?
- Malaysian PM Muhyiddin Yassin’s decision to unravel Najib Razak’s plan may have domestic political ramifications but a diplomatic fallout is unlikely
- Analysts say the US$25 billion project could have been a white elephant and the Covid-19 pandemic has shifted Malaysia’s economic priorities
A disagreement between Malaysia and Singapore over an assets company to operate a high-speed rail link between the two countries resulted in the project being abandoned. Photo: Reuters