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The ECRL Industrial Skills Training Programme is part of its corporate social responsibility initiative.

UPDATED 5.45PM | T Subromaniam asks if certain quarters are deliberately attempting to confuse the people.

UPDATED 5.42PM | Yes the minister signed off, but only after considering pros and cons.

UPDATED 5.25PM | Subromaniam says GST relief granted to CCCC will ultimately benefit gov't and people. 

If only China firms given tax relief, then outsource all public projects there, says MTEM head.

LETTER | The government should exploit the difference and in the process pocket a risk-free return.

A research house predicts the ‘multiplier effect’ could improve incomes.

The treatment for the China-firm working on ECRL smells of favouritism, says Class F contractors' rep.

COMMENT | Answers should be sought from those with full access to the CCCC deal.

The caretaker minister insists gov't projects were accorded GST relief but didn’t give examples.

COMMENT | It means the total project cost remains at RM55 billion and not increase the loan size.

So too, should public projects, local councils and those in need say DAP’s Steven Sim and Lim Lip Eng.

A QUESTION OF BUSINESS | China firm will earn an additional RM3.3 billion.

YOURSAY | ‘And will rakyat be required to pay GST when using rail services?’

The Amanah veep also wants the gov't to reveal progress payments and progress of the ECRL project. 

'If GST is collected then the gov't has to pay GST to the gov't. How senseless is that?'

GST relief was given to reduce implementation costs, says Customs DG. 

The Amanah veep asks 'How true is this?' and wants the Finance Ministry to explain.

Ia bagi membolehkan rakyat menilai sendiri pelaburan dari kuasa ekonomi dunia itu dan baik buruknya kepada negara.

He says it will change the lives of the people of Kelantan and other states on the East Coast.

YOURSAY | It’s unheard of for foreign contractors to bring workers from their own countries.

MP SPEAKS | Malaysians, it’s time to lose the economic gambit and choose wisely.

As part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, ECRL will boost national economic growth, says a former minister.

'We have a lot of Chinese in Malaysia and they can speak Mandarin,' the former prime minister adds.