Any official discussions with Singapore regarding the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR) project will only commence after receiving approval from the Cabinet, says Transport Minister Anthony Loke.
Loke said this on Friday (May 17) in response to inquiries about his recent meeting with his Singaporean counterpart.
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Loke said this on Friday (May 17) in response to inquiries about his recent meeting with his Singaporean counterpart.
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00:00 You have met with your Singapore counterparts 2 days back, so have HSR issues been discussed and any update on HSR issues?
00:08 Memang ada perbincangan dengan Menteri Pengakutan Singapura dalam pelbagai perkara.
00:13 Antaranya, I just briefly mentioned about HSR but there is nothing formal yet.
00:18 And I make it very very clear that a formal proposal about HSR will only be presented
00:26 or be discussed with Singapore after we get endorsement and approval from the Cabinet.
00:32 So far, HSR is still under the Ministry of Finance.
00:36 We are waiting for a slot from the Prime Minister to be presented to us for our assessment
00:43 on the RFI that has been carried out.
00:46 After the Prime Minister has given his statement, if the Prime Minister agrees
00:50 for the document to be presented to the Cabinet, then we will present it to the Cabinet.
00:55 So, the formal discussion with Singapore will only be done after we get the Cabinet's approval.
01:02 At this point of time, the Cabinet has not given any approval yet as far as the HSR project is concerned.
01:09 So, I told the Singapore Minister that there are some discussions ongoing within our side,
01:14 but only officially I will discuss with him once I get Cabinet approval.
01:21 What is the content of the discussion amongst the Cabinet?
01:24 We talk about connectivity between the two countries and of course we also talk about
01:28 the ongoing discussion about airspace.
01:30 There are a lot of discussions about airspace, how do we increase our capacity for both countries
01:38 in terms of our airspace management.
01:40 We want to make our airspace more efficient, especially between Semenanjung and Sabah Sarawak
01:45 because our major concern and our major issue faced by Malaysia is that we have to improve
01:53 our efficiency between Semenanjung and Sabah Sarawak.
01:55 So, this is an ongoing discussion with Singapore.
01:58 Thank you.
01:59 [End of transcript]