'Tender was transparent, any suggestion of improper influence is false.'

MRT3 ridership projection less than half of MRT1 and MRT2.

PARLIAMENT | RM34.3b is estimated for construction, says finance minister. 

Low ridership will lead to the rail project being unsustainable.

Tanjong Malim MP had expressed doubts over govt's financial model for project.

He alleges that Prasarana, DanaInfra have breached their debt levels.

This is to allow MPs to deliberate on project's merits and safeguard public interest.

She says alternatives, protests ignored by developers.

Foreign companies allowed as minority partner in joint ventures or consortiums.

PARLIAMENT | Project tender is scheduled to commence this year.

And also work on flood mitigation projects, says PM Ismail Sabri.

Construction will resume in the second half of the year, says the transport minister.

Transport minister says the MRT circle line is considered cancelled for now. 

The former PM says gov't should be making projects such as MRT3 better, not cancelling them. 

CRIIC also denies forming a consortium with Sapura for the MRT3 bid.

UPDATED 1.54pm | Shahril Mokhtar hopes the gov't will reconsider the project when its fiscal position gets better. 

The Segambut MP also urges the Transport Ministry to review toll charges in the Klang Valley to maximise road usage.

UPDATED 1.35PM | This, after the cabinet agrees to the termination of the KL-S'pore High-Speed Rail project.

LETTER | Given the high public interest in MRT Line 3,  the tender specifications should be publicly disclosed. 

It's about project delivery, efficiency, and lowering boring cost, says MRT Corp CEO Shahril Mokhtar.  

Tender conditions for third phase of MRT project 'highly unusual', says PKR veep.

An open tender tailor-made for China companies.