TRACK doubling of Malaysia's 392km Ipoh--Padang Besar line, which forms a key section of the planned Singapore-Kunming Rail Link (SKRL), will start early next year, according to Malaysian transport minister Mr Chan Kong Choy.
The project is being funded as a private finance initiative although the government and the Malaysian consortium that will lay the additional track, MMC-Gamuda, are still negotiating the final cost.
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