Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the republic is open to fresh proposals from Malaysia on the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project although both countries have previously agreed to terminate the project.
Lee said the transport ministries from both countries would discuss the matter and Singapore looked forward to receiving more details from Malaysia.
“Prime Minister (Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob) has suggested on the revival of discussions on the HSR, and I responded to the PM that Singapore and Malaysia had previously reached an agreement to terminally terminate the HSR project, and this had been amicably settled and closed.
“Nevertheless, Singapore is open to fresh proposals from Malaysia on the HSR project, and the two ministries of transport will discuss the matter. Singapore looks forward to receiving more details from Malaysia so that we can study them and consider the matter again starting from a clean slate,” he said.
Lee was speaking at a joint press conference with Ismail Sabri today, which was also streamed live via his official Facebook page.