00:00MCA President Wee Kha Siong has hit back at Transport Minister Loke Siu Fook for questioning
00:09his claim that the cost of the proposed high-speed rail project is expected to rise from RM70
00:16billion to RM120 billion.
00:19Yesterday, Loke said he did not know where the RM120 billion figure quoted by Wee came
00:27from.
00:28Wee, a former Transport Minister, said he did not conjure up the figure from his imagination
00:33and cited a Straits Times report dated February 19th which predicted that the cost of the
00:38project would increase to at least RM100 billion.
00:43He cited another report by the New Straits Times on February 22nd which quoted transport
00:48expert Rosli Khan as saying that the project's cost was expected to rise to RM120 billion.
00:56Wee questioned why Loke had not corrected these reports, which have been public for
01:00over six months, and asked why Loke reacts so strongly whenever he raises the issue.
01:06Loke previously stated that while Wee was entitled to his opinion, the future of the
01:11HSR project would be decided by the Cabinet.
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