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Broken dreams: Malaysians in Singapore bemoan HSR cancellation
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Both nations Malaysia and Singapore agreed to terminate the HSR project on Jan 1. - Facebook/MyHSR
SINGAPORE: It was as if he had struck gold when Ricky Kok learnt that a train station for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) would be built near a plot of land he had bought in Melaka.
After news came last Friday that the rail project was dropped, he now fears that the golden opportunity is buried under a ton of bricks.
Kok, 52, a Malaysian and Singapore permanent resident who founded food-and-beverage (F&B) company Chang Cheng Group, bought the land in 2014. Located at Alor Gajah, it is the size of four football fields. ....

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