The proposed Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed railway project will not be affected despite reports that some Japanese companies opted out of participating in the request for information (RFI) process, says Anthony Loke.
The Transport Minister said this after announcing the ministry’s initiatives for Thaipusam on Saturday (Jan 13).
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The Transport Minister said this after announcing the ministry’s initiatives for Thaipusam on Saturday (Jan 13).
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00:00 YB, can you respond to the HSA yesterday?
00:05 HSA yesterday?
00:06 Yes, the one about Japan.
00:07 The Japanese company has been...
00:09 That's a different story.
00:10 We made an open RFI, whoever wants to come in, whoever wants to withdraw, that's a different story.
00:14 It doesn't mean that one party is not interested, we stop it.
00:19 There are many other parties who are interested.
00:21 So there is nothing to comment on.
00:23 So how can it have an impact?
00:25 There is no impact.
00:26 There are many other companies that will come in.
00:28 If they are not interested in entering the tender, then it's a different story.
00:31 We made an open RFI, why do we feel pressured?
00:35 There is no pressure.
00:36 Because it's just one party that says that maybe they don't feel it's appropriate for them.
00:41 The model that we want to implement.
00:43 It's a different story.
00:44 So there are many other parties.
00:46 There are hundreds of companies that have expressed their interest.
00:49 Who are they?
00:50 Just wait.
00:51 I can't say who they are.
00:54 Because I don't know who they are.
00:55 The one who handles the RFI is MyHSR.
00:58 I don't know who the tender is.
00:59 Because they will...
01:01 First, we haven't reached the tender stage.
01:05 Now, it's just RSI.
01:07 Request for Information.
01:09 So, Request for Information, there are many companies that say they are interested.
01:12 They are interested and we want to ask them, what is their implementation?
01:17 So there are many parties that have expressed their interest.
01:20 I understand that there are hundreds of companies that have taken the RFI.
01:24 So, on 15th January, on the day of the election, the RFI was terminated.
01:32 So, when the RFI was terminated, we knew how many companies expressed their interest.
01:37 And gave us information to be evaluated.
01:41 After being evaluated, we went to the next stage, which is called RFP.
01:45 So, if one party says they are not interested, then it's a loss.
01:49 There is no impact on us.
01:51 Because there are many other parties that are interested.
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