KL-Bangkok HSR not a good idea, says expert

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GEORGE TOWN: The proposed Kuala Lumpur-Bangkok High-Speed Rail (HSR) project is a bad idea, says a transport expert.

Goh Bok Yen said the government should first build the HSR to Singapore and then build the second leg of the service to Bangkok.

He said linking up with Singapore would make better economic sense as it would tap into the island republic’s international market and will have guaranteed spillover effects in Malaysia.

“I don’t see any reason for us to link up to Bangkok as the core economic activities with Thailand are not with the capital city, but at the border towns in the north.

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