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JOHOR BAHRU \u2013 Johor will press on with getting the Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link ready for its expected February 2027 opening<\/span><\/a>, regardless of changes at Malaysia\u2019s Transport Ministry.<\/p>\n State works, transportation, infrastructure and communications committee chairman Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh said the state government was planning to conduct a dry run in December to assess passenger movements and public transport arrangements ahead of the RTS Link\u2019s opening.<\/p>\n He added the state is also awaiting additional buses under the Stage Bus Service Transformation (SBST) programme.<\/p>\n \u201cBased on the statement issued by the minister, we are maintaining February 2027 as the expected commencement date,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the state level, regardless of when operations begin, we will continue taking the necessary steps to prepare as scheduled.\u201d<\/p>\n Mohamad Fazli was speaking to reporters after the launch of the Green and Smart Terminal Blueprint and the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Larkin Sentral Property Berhad and the Johor Public Transport Corporation (PAJ) in Johor Bahru on Nov 11.<\/p>\n He also expressed hope that the resignation of Transport Minister Anthony Loke<\/span><\/a> would not disrupt major public transport projects being implemented in Johor.<\/p>\n He said several initiatives planned and carried out with the ministry were important to improving public transport in the state.<\/p>\n \u201cWe hope that despite his resignation and the possibility of changes in the ministry\u2019s leadership, the initiatives that we have planned and implemented together with him can continue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cThese projects are very important to Johor, especially those involving the RTS Link, the SBST programme and others. We hope that his resignation will not affect the good relationship between the state government and the Transport Ministry.\u201d<\/p>\n Mohamad Fazli was responding to a question on whether Loke\u2019s resignation as Transport Minister could affect projects in Johor under the ministry.<\/p>\n On Nov 10, Loke announced his resignation as Transport Minister following the Kuala Lumpur High Court\u2019s decision allowing former prime minister Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n Loke said his resignation, which would take effect immediately, was consistent with the position he had announced on Nov 6. THE STAR\/ASIA NEWS NETWORK<\/p>\n<\/div>\n JOHOR BAHRU \u2013 Johor will press on with getting the Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link ready for its expected February 2027 opening, regardless of changes…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98972,"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-98971","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\/98971","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=98971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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