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On Tuesday, Onn Hafiz said that the ART project was more than just \u201canother infrastructure project\u201d.<\/p>\n
“I believe the federal government’s commitment and urgency in implementing this project will have a tremendous impact on the people of Johor, particularly in reducing congestion and improving daily mobility.<\/p>\n
“This is the kind of federal intervention that can truly be felt, appreciated and remembered by the people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Onn Hafiz drew comparison to Penang\u2019s Mutiara Line Light Rapid Transit (LRT) project \u2013 which carries a budget ceiling of RM16.8 billion and has entered the construction phase \u2013 and said that Johor deserved \u201cequal attention\u201d from the federal government.<\/p>\n
“We are happy for Penang because every state deserves quality public transport infrastructure. However, we also hope Johor’s needs will receive the same level of attention and priority,” he said.<\/p>\n
Penang is a state controlled by the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition, of which Loke\u2019s Democratic Action Party (DAP) is a component party. Meanwhile, Johor had been held by the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition prior to the dissolution of its state legislative assembly<\/a> earlier this month.<\/p>\n PH is the largest coalition within Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim\u2019s unity government.\u00a0<\/p>\n The event in Kulai on Tuesday was held amid a backdrop of a war of words between Onn Hafiz and DAP chief Loke, which include squabbles related to invitations to events by the transport ministry and the Johor state government\u2019s involvement in federal transport initiatives.<\/p>\n It also follows Onn Hafiz\u2019s remarks<\/a> at a BN machinery launch on Jun 7 when he said that he would rather give up the chief minister\u2019s post than sit at the same table with DAP.<\/p>\n Last week, Onn Hafiz called on the federal government to expedite the ART project during a visit to Malaysian media company Media Prima Berhad.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cSometimes when I speak out (on this matter), I am seen as being pushy, but I am pushing with reason,\u201d he had said then, as reported by Malaysian Malay-language outlet Berita Harian.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n URGENCY NEEDED: ONN HAFIZ On Tuesday, Onn Hafiz said that the ART project was more than just \u201canother infrastructure project\u201d. “I believe the federal government’s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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