Malaysia, Singapore sign agreement to defer construction of high speed rail to 2020

Khaw Boon Wan, Singaporean coordinating minister for infrastructure and minister for transport, speaks during a joint press conference in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Sept. 5, 2018. The government of Malaysia and Singapore signed an agreement on Wednesday to defer the construction of the high speed rail (HSR) project linking the two countries by two years till 2020. (Xinhua/Chong Voon Chung)