Japan has once again thrown its hat in the ring for the KL-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) project, days after securing the winning bid for India’s own US$15 billion (RM64.8 billion) project over China, according to a Bloomberg report.
Transport minister Keiichi Ishii told the media that the government supported the bid, adding that the cooperation between the government and business leaders was central to Japan winning the deal with India. The Land of the Rising Sun is boosting efforts to export its Shinkansen (bullet train) know-how to meet prime minister Shinzo Abe’s pledge of tripling infrastructure efforts to ¥30 trillion (RM1.3 trillion).
Earlier, The Star reported that that the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) has received over 220 enquiries regarding the project during the request for information (RFI) stage. Of these, 98 were shortlisted, and 14 were invited to Malaysia to present their detailed views on the project.
The latter include France’s Alstom, Germany’s Siemens, Spain’s CAF and Talgo, Canada’s Bombardier, a group led by China Railway, as well as consortiums from Japan and South Korea, reports the News Straits Times.
Among them, the Chinese entrants were praised by SPAD chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar, as they “not only shown the interest but also that they are keen to win the bid.” He added that although China Railway showed keen interest, Malaysia’s decision would all boil down “to competition.”
“Now we have the track from Kuala Lumpur right up to Sungai Besar, all using rolling stocks from China,” he said. “Even our LRT is going to use rolling stocks from Chinese companies,” stating that China had a strong part in Malaysia’s transport industry, supplying more than 80% of the rolling stocks in the country.
Japan beat out China to clinch India’s first high-speed rail project, helping it build the 505 km railway connecting the financial capital Mumbai to Gujarat’s major economic and industrial hub Ahmedabad, both countries announced on Saturday.
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Indian also signed up for Japan HSR.
Apatah Malaysian Lagi?
Negotiator kena nego “commission” dulu la
Malaysia… Everybody’s know Japan is the best in HSR….
Choose Japan leh…
We buy Japanese cars and other products for reliability, safety, relevancy and design this is because they have a solid RESEARCH AND PASSION base and that why I choose Japanese every time.
You oso buy killer takata airbags kah?
It all boils down to one question – how much money you got? Everyone knows Japan & France have the most advanced and reliable HSR technology, but comes at a hefty price.
quality of work and materials,R&D,service after complate.To look into.
buy japanese……
Hahaha, let Japan win so that China won’t help Malaysia and inject funds to buy over Malaysia’s debts.
MYR would be facing a looooooooong ED (Erectile dysfunctional) soonand would be weak…
MYR down good for export market
U export barang apa?..tahi?????
rakyat hidup tengah susah sekarang masih nak “act angkat Najis”
Do not fools yourself by buying unproven technology from China…
I think even if Japanese made, when it’s being contracted to crony members for maintenance, anything can happen
the latest product of japan i bought, a stapler. working nicely, if buy china one sure got problem from day 1. i think japanese train would be the best choice. bring in the japanese workers as well, we cant depend on locals to manage this technology with malays attitude.
Japan are falling behind technologically.. World has changed. Without China aggressive push ..bullet train will remain in Japan n Europe only. Way to go China !!
Pretty sure it will be China !
Sungai Besar??? Or he’s trying to say Padang Besar? Hope its not another blunder statement made by the SEPAT…By right if really look into top HSR..ill go either for Japan, France, Korea, Germany, Spain, Italy or Canada..
Because for north region we had ETS “Electric Train Service”
Dato & Tan Seri Please consider the ticket price since we are getting out of saving due to 6% GST.