Singapore PM Lee to Visit Malaysia for Railway Project

(Bloomberg) -- Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will visit Johor, Malaysia on January 11 to attend the commemorative ceremony for the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System Link project, his office said in a statement Wednesday.

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Lee and his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim will also witness the signing of a memorandum of understanding on the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone, which aims to boost economic collaboration between the two countries.

The railway will connect Johor Bahru and the north region of Singapore when completed. The project, which has a peak capacity of up to 10,000 passengers per hour in each direction, is expected to commence passenger service at the end of 2026.

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