KUANTAN: The economic impact of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) is huge and critics who say it is not feasible are wrong

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4 Nation ll41STAA. M.IASOAY10AUGUST201? Rail link a huge economic boost ECRL project set to create over 86,000 jobs and promote businesses along its route KUANTAN: 11t@ e<:onornic impact of the East Coast R.all Link (ECRU is hugi! and critics who u.y it is not feasible are wrong. "'Jhen will be a multiplier effect. When there are l'nOI'e buslness people, we can sn m~ t.aJ:es and JO''ft"Ilm.tnt l't\"tn~ will inmue: Malayna RAil Link (MRL) ch.airman T~:~:~!~:'~~~~~~t opment that would takfo place alongside the ECIU.inthelof'l3'run. China Communk.ations Construction Group chairntan Uu Qitao .Y.id the ECRL pro-ject was of ~at KOnomic signiflcance. tm~~~e'"t~ s~v~}o~~!n~~ the nWway line, espedally in the ust coast." ''""' Uusaidthattheraillinkwasalsoe:x:pected to ltnerate mort than 80,000 jobs for Malay· sians during its construction ~rtod. Another 6,000 Jobs \\ill be crtated during the ral1'$ Optn.tion and the Chinese JOVUD· ment will also train more than 3.000 Malaysian stUdents. A total of 3,600 graduates will. be trained ln rail technology through the ECRL Industrial Sldlls Train.ln.g CPLKI-ECRL) programme kllning in Malaysia. He said railway technology was developU\f npidly and the programme \\OilS a sttppll'\1 stone for UMP to develop rail engineering in the future. The tt:ainiJ1.1 under the prosramme wW ca.bfourtos.lJ:rnonths,WdDrRiz.alman. Odna state councillor wq Yon& said ECRL was a land.mark projtct for Otina and Malaysia "The uam from our twO s.ldes havl!: had ~=;~~~~ Malaysia and its d!ldl!:ncy,• Kid Wq. MJU. projl!:tt director YI!:W Yow Boo said thl!: raUway would have 88.8km ofvi.aducts most· ~~and TtJ"'!:l\U&llU to bypus YI!:W said the ftrst phase would haw .a total lef\lth of 49kln of tunnels at 19 WOoru with the longest being 17.9km connl!:cting Bulclt Tln.ggi.andGoi"L'\ba.k.. 

Rail link a huge economic boost

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Rail link a huge economic boost

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