MALAYSIA and Singapore have approved the construction of a bullet train line to be built by Malaysian conglomerate YTL Corp to link the two countries, according to a newspaper report yesterday.

But in Singapore, a Ministry of Transport spokesman said the Republic is still waiting for a proposal from the Malaysian government for the high-speed link.

'We are open to the idea of a high-speed rail link, and we look forward to receiving a proposal from the Malaysian government,' the spokesman said.

The New Straits Times, citing an unnamed official from YTL, said yesterday that the rail line would cost some RM8.1 billion (S$3.6 billion).

Counting down to Vision 2020, Malaysia is progressing rapidly day by day. The cityscape is changing on daily basis, so as our public transit system.

After the launching of new bus network in Area 2 (Kepong, Segambut, Selayang and Gombak), RapidKL is now fine tuning some of the routes. Today, we are announcing the changes to routes of local shuttles 233 and 235.

When first launched, route 233 was plying the route from Taman Melati LRT to Titiwangsa hub. However, it was shortened to just Sri Kelantan public housing scheme in Jalan Sentul after a while. Now, it is extended to Sentul LRT.

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According to our contact in Megacoach, the bus company plying the Kuala Lumpur - Tanjung Malim route through North - South Expressway 4 times a day, the service has been decommissioned, and the company wound up, with effect from middle of August 2006, thanks to stiff competition from Metrobus's route 36 (Rawang - Kuala Kubu Baru - Tanjong Malim).

There's now a dedicated bus service ferrying government servants from Seremban to Putrajaya. Operating on weekdays only, the service is provided by Syarikat Kenderaan Seremban - Kuala Lumpur Sdn.Bhd. (SKS) under the Transnasional banner and it sets one's wallet back by RM 170 per month.

From the macho bus terminal sporting a cheerful Lot 10 green in Seremban, Terminal 1, it runs non-stop to Putrajaya, and delivers passengers to various government departments around Putrajaya, for the convenience of its passengers. To be faithful to its original objective of this service, offices around Cyberjaya are strictly out-of-bound.

Well actually this fire hydrant is a bus stop, as it evidently says so by marker pen...

Located near the BHP petrol station on Jalan SS 21/54 in Damansara Utama, some kind soul (or perhaps Rapid KL? or MPPJ?) has at least marked this out, where no sign existed before.

Known as a bus stop apparently only through inherited knowledge, i.e. for those who use buses and are "in the know", there is nothing else indicating this location as a bus stop (used by Rapid KL's Area 6 buses and Metrobus #6 and #99, SJ #99 and RMJ minibus #9), much less proper seating, shelter or route information.