Sunday September 18, 2011
GEORGE TOWN: The 329km Ipoh-Padang Besar Electrified Double-Track Project is expected to be completed ahead of the scheduled date, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Muhyiddin, who is on a working visit to Penang, said construction work was progressing smoothly. I understand that the project will be completed ahead of the scheduled date in 2014,” he told reporters during a visit to the site of the Tasek Gelugor station.
Datuk Mohd Nor Idrus, a director with project contractor MMC-Gamuda Joint Venture Sdn Bhd who was present during Muhyiddin's visit, said the overall project was 0.5% ahead of schedule with 66.71% of it completed. Work on the Tasek Gelugor station, one of six stations to be built in Seberang Prai under the project, is even more ahead of schedule, recording 64.94% completion over the 62.96% targeted completion rate.
“We are working well. When you have the cooperation from government authorities both state and federal the project is bound to be on time or ahead of schedule,” Mohd Nor told reporters. He said the station was expected to be completed in April next year, but would only be open to the public when the whole double-track project was completed.
Muhyiddin, who was on a one-day visit to Penang, later announced that the Federal Government had approved a RM6.3mil allocation for the construction of a new school block for SJK (T) Ladang Batu Kawan. In April, Muhyiddin, who is also Education Minister, had approved RM1.7mil for the school. He also brought good news to villagers in flood-prone Kampung Manggis in Simpang Ampat, saying that land clearing works for their housing project would begin by year end.
“Syarikat Perumahan Negara Berhad has allocated RM4.8mil to build houses for the approved 48 applicants. “However, I have requested an additional RM1.5mil allocation from the National Security Council to build houses for the remaining 16 applicants,” he said.
By ANDREA FILMER and HAN KAR KAY
Star Online
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