PUTRAJAYA: Allegations that 4,500 acres (1,821ha) of land will be given to China for free in the re-negotiation of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) contract are incorrect, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng. “So far, I think we have not been informed that 4,500 acres of land have been given for free. He also claimed China Commu­ni­cations Construction Company Ltd (CCCC) was being given around 4,500 acres of land to develop industrial parks along the ECRL corridor in the east and west coast of the peninsula. The MoU, which Raja Petra allegedly sighted, also included development of TOD (transit-oriented development) in seven ECRL project stations. You have that (land) given for all LRT and MRT projects but it is not given for free,” he said.

Source: The Star April 23, 2019 23:37 UTC