PUTRAJAYA, June 12 — Singapore is open to new ideas including proposals on the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project at the 11th Malaysia-Singapore Leaders’ Retreat later this year, said Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.
Wong said that during the retreat, Singapore would take stock of the progress of the ongoing discussions between the two countries.
“Of course, along the way, there may be new ideas that come up, and we are open to hearing from Malaysia if there are proposals for the HSR project.
“Whatever the new ideas are, we will keep an open mind and we will discuss it in the right spirit of taking our relationship (further),” he told a joint press conference with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim here today.
Wong was responding to a question on whether the HSR project will be discussed during the retreat.
The annual retreat, which is a key platform for the two Prime Ministers to discuss bilateral issues and explore new areas of cooperation, will be hosted by Malaysia.
The HSR project aims to slash travel time between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore from around four hours by road to just 90 minutes by rail.
Originally scheduled to open in 2026 but cancelled in January 2021, the project was revived last year, with Putrajaya evaluating fresh concept proposals.
— Bernama
