Posted by kiasoocheena > 2018-05-02 19:22 | Report Abuse

more jobs to locals first then slowly replace them with foreigners citing labor cost. We have lost a lot of this well-paying jobs to foreigner especially Indian expats who come here claiming that they are highly talented only for the employers to find out that they cheated on their resume. High time to replace these scumbags with local talents. Partly Malaysian and their race and religion based card play and employment to be blamed.

Posted by apolloang > 2018-05-02 19:27 | Report Abuse

another RM55 bil wastage white elephant.waste money since Kelantan not an oil producing state or any big income will come from there

Posted by Pavillion > 2018-05-02 22:51 | Report Abuse

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2017/09/24/mega-port-projects-risk-failure-say-industry

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/chinese-firms-harbour-doubts-over-malaysian

Posted by Pavillion > 2018-05-02 22:57 | Report Abuse

“Cargo doesn’t need to be transported through a high-speed railway. So who is it for?

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2017/08/24/economist-says-malaysias-deindustrialisation-is-worrying/

Posted by Pavillion > 2018-05-02 23:06 | Report Abuse

" What kind of cargo needs such a costly high-speed haulage connection? And which high-speed railway in the world stimulates so many businesses and jobs in all the towns it will pass through at such speed, as claimed?"

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2017/08/11/ecrl-will-only-burden-malaysians/

Posted by apolloang > 2018-05-02 23:15 | Report Abuse

tak laku lah there,every year likely flood.bina ECRL tentu rugi di sana.

Posted by Pavillion > 2018-05-03 11:04 | Report Abuse

Current KTM train freight volume for the whole of Malaysia is about 6.2 million metric tons. In order to achieve 53 million metric tons by 2030 for ECRL alone, freight volume will have to grow by about  20% compounded every year between now and 2030 (next 12 years)!

Posted by Pavillion > 2018-05-03 11:11 | Report Abuse

Dr Jomo on Ecrl

https://m.malaysiakini.com/news/422639

Posted by dief > 2018-05-04 16:09 | Report Abuse

expect a mass layoff within 2 years ...replaced with foreign labour ...the whole concept is a job creation drive for prcs..this is their SOP for many years..initially throw money ..get the clients to be reliant on one vendor end to end..subcon out the work to prc sdn bhd..later when the mass layoffs happen..expect wages to depress significantly espescially for the skilled workers...just look at the whole tech industry

Posted by dadakang_chiakchitor > 2018-05-04 16:54 | Report Abuse

Actually on the broader geo-political view, I'm ok with the project. At least the present government are taking a step ahead to cushion the Kra Canal project impact.

The Kra Canal is workable & can be financed easily by China. If the Kra Canal project materialized ( Panama & Suez canal have been successfully built by human) , Singapore will be the first one to bungkus and Port Klang will follow from behind.

The center of maritime will be shifted too Thailand. Malaysia & Singapore who have been enjoying the control over the shipping route at Strait of Malacca will impacted heavily.

At present, the Kra Canal is facing resistant from Thailand peoples also, like wise in our country, there is always certain quarters will object on the proposal.

At least with the ECRL, it will provide some alternative to Kra Canal.

Only the cost of the project need to be justified. At the moment, none of the both political divide have come out to defend why the cost is justify or why the cost is not justify in details.

Of course, with the scandal surrounding present government on 1MDB, whatever proposal just looks like equally bad at people perception level. Blame not the people, blame why the 1MDB loan was repayed after the signing of the ECRL. It looked too obvious the money from ECRL project was use to roll for the repayment of 1MDB loan.