PETALING JAYA (Dec 26): China Railway Corporation, the republic’s railway operator, will collaborate with China Railway Group Ltd, China Railway Construction Corp Ltd, China Communications Construction, CRRC Corp Ltd and other firms to bid for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high speed rail (HSR) project.

This is the largest bidding team for a railway project that China has sent abroad, according to a Reuters that cited business magazine Caixin.

The HSR spans 350km and starts from Bandar Malaysia and ends at Jurong East in Singapore.