KUALA LUMPUR: The high-speed rail (HSR) link between Malaysia and Singapore has potential to be extended to Penang and even further afield to Bangkok and Beijing, said Datuk Seri Idris Jala.
But such a move, if it were to happen, would only take place 50 to 100 years from today, the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department said at Standard & Poor's Asean capital markets seminar on Friday.
"For now our immediate focus is on the Malaysia-Singapore HSR," said Idris, who is also the CEO of PEMANDU, the Government body tasked with carrying out Malaysia's Economic Transformation Programme. Full story
