Many U-turns: The KL-SG HSR booth at the Malaysian International Trade Exhibition Centre in 2017. The project has undergone a series of amended decisions under different governments.
THE Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) bilateral agreement was officially terminated after the top leaders of Malaysia and Singapore agreed to let the deal lapse on New Year’s Eve, but this mega project may not be dead and forgotten.
In fact, this economically significant rail project may be revived once Malaysia sorts out its economic predicament brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic and political chaos.
Touted as a possible major game-changer for Malaysia and Singapore, voices against the project cancellation are unlikely to subside as the financial interests of many private groups and the two economies will be affected.
Those who fly drones can look forward to doing so at designated public areas, with the Transport Ministry accepting a panel’s recommendation to provide common flying spaces to increase interest in the activity.
Singapore investigators in Jakarta to assist with Sriwijaya Air crash January 17, 2021
Navy rescuers find a part of the Sriwijaya Air plane wreckage Saturday. A team from Singapore s Transport Safety Investigation Bureau is assisting with the probe into the crash. courtesy Twitter
SINGAPORE/JAKARTA A team from Singapore s Transport Safety Investigation Bureau is assisting with the probe into the Sriwijaya Air plane crash, said Singapore s Ministry of Transport on Sunday.
The two investigators arrived in Jakarta on Wednesday after Indonesia s National Transportation Safety Committee accepted Singapore s offer to help with the investigation.
Flight SJ182 lost contact with air traffic controllers minutes after taking off from Jakarta during heavy rain on Jan 9. The Boeing 737-500 crashed into the Java Sea, killing all 62 people on board.
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S pore investigators in Jakarta to help air crash probe
Singapore s Transport Safety Investigation Bureau investigators David Lim (at left) and Alexander Leong (far right) were received by staff from Indonesia s National Transportation Safety Committee at the Jakarta airport last Wednesday. PHOTO: MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT
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File photo: A man operates a remote control drone at an open car park in Singapore on Apr 5, 2016. (Photo: AFP/ ROSLAN RAHMAN)
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SINGAPORE: Drone and model aircraft hobbyists may soon have designated common spaces to fly their aircraft safely, after proposals made by an advisory panel were accepted by the Ministry of Transport.
In recommendations submitted to Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung late last year, the advisory panel proposed that the Government consider the development of unmanned aircraft (UA) flying areas, noting that such spaces would help “inculcate an interest in UA, provide common spaces for recreational UA op