East Coast Rail Link (ECRL)

DUNGUN, TERENGGANU (July 25): China and Malaysia resumed construction of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project in peninsula Malaysia on Thursday, after a year-long suspension and following a rare agreement to cut its cost by nearly a third to about US$

SINGAPORE (Apr 22): “I’m a kiasu Singaporean. Being first in line for this is a privilege that will never happen again.” — Justin Zheng, who was the first in line to eat at US burger chain Shake Shack in Jewel Changi Airport on its April 17 openin

PUTRAJAYA (April 15): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today China Communications Construction Co will refund to the Malaysian government within a month RM1 billion, which forms a portion of the RM3.1 billion ($1 billion) advance payment for ph

(Feb 19): Malaysia is making progress in talks with China to revive a high-speed rail project that Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s government said it would cancel, according to Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah.

(Oct 26): Some RM1.3 billion ($430.5 million) in the Federal Consolidated Fund which was to be used as “subsidy and cash assistance” for Malaysians was among the government funds that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and ex-Treasury secret

(Aug 21): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday that the Chinese-funded US$20 billion ($27.4 billion) East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project and a natural gas pipeline project in Sabah will be cancelled for now, according to media reports

SINGAPORE (July 3): Malaysia has confirmed that the final cost of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) is RM81 billion ($27.3 billion), without including the operating deficit, which currently cannot be determined for now, according to Malaysia’s Minister of

KUANTAN, MALAYSIA (Aug 9): China and Malaysia broke ground on Wednesday on a US$13 billion ($17.7 billion) rail project linking peninsular Malaysia's east and west, the largest such project in the country and a major part of Beijing's Belt and Roa