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Making Rail Progress in Malaysia

Dato' Shahril Mokhtar, Prasarana Group

18-Apr-13 07:13

Making Rail Progress in Malaysia

In this 2013 interview, Prasarana Group MD Dato Shahril Mokhtar, discusses: 

- Clearing confusion - role Prasarana - MRT Corp; 

- Shareholder - Regulator - Transport Ministry - overlap - coverage - issues;

- Two different agencies - very similar projects; 

- Further clouded - MRT Corp to come under Prasarana umbrella after completion in 2018 - issues; 

- LRT extension projects - prequalification - expertise and ability; 

- Time - budget - health and safety;

- TRC Synergy - death - Subang; 

- Penalty - suspension - consequences;

- Effect on budget - delivery - cost; 

- Transparency - issues - status of investigations; 

- Health and safety - Klang Valley and Putrajaya construction projects - accidents; 

- Non-fare revenue expansion - targets - rail plus property concept - revenue model - details; 

- Fare review - unchanged in a decade - issues;

- Bus business - Rapid - relationship with Pakatan-led states - Lim Guan Eng comments on non-delivery;

- Monorail - Pg - monorail award in 2008 - Prasarana involvement - no developments since - issues; 

- High-speed rail - whether Prasarana will be involved; 

- Financial situation - debt levels - revenues - losses;

- Prasarana bonds - pricing - issues; - 2018 listing - details. 


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