KL-S'pore High-Speed Rail pact to be signed soon
Published on: Wednesday, December 07, 2016
ISKANDAR PUTERI: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has described the progress of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR) as "well and good".Najib, who is also the Finance Minister, said that Singapore had requested for a bit of time as the country required the approval from its President."(Singapore) Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has called me and asked for a little bit of time to brief their President," he told reporters after officiating the 10th anniversary of Iskandar Malaysia at Educity here, Tuesday.
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Najib said under the Singapore Constitution, the guarantee of such project would need the approval from the President."We will be signing the agreement next week, I think. He (Lee) is coming to Kuala Lumpur," he added.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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