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New PM to review Belt & Road in Malaysia, fears warships
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CHINA's already approved Belt and Road Initiative schemes will be subject to review after the recent election of the Pakatan Harapan government that opposes some of its projects.
"We would not like to see too many warships in this area, because warships attract other warships, and this place may become tense because of the presence of warships," said Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
Prime Minister Mahathir returns to office at the age of 92, after an absence of 15 years, having defeated his successor Najib Razak, who has been subject to corruption allegations, noted Seatrade Maritime News of Colchester, England.
Speaking at a press conference the new prime minister said that previous investments projects by China in Malaysia would be reviewed.
"We need to study all the things done by the previous government. It is not only about China, it's about a lot of things within the country," he said.
Included in the planned Chinese investments in Malaysia is a massive 30 million TEU capacity container port on Carey Island close to the country's existing largest container port in Port Klang. The scale of the project has raised eyebrows among industry observers and analysts.
Another project with Chinese investors behind it is Kuala Linggi International Port, which aims to capture a slice of the oil transshipment and storage market, as well as ship repair, from Singapore 200 kilometres away.
Prime Minister Mahathir favours a major overland rail link with China saying he had written a personal letter Chinese President Xi Jinping suggesting one.
"As you know, when the demand for oil grew, ships were built bigger and bigger until they were almost half a million tonnes, but trains have remained small, and not long enough.
"So we should have big trains, and China has the technology to build big trains, which can carry goods from China to Europe, and will also make Central Asia-Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and all that, more accessible," he said.
At the same time he worked about the heavy burden placed on the country by investments such as the US$13 billion East Coast Rail Link project being built by China Communications Construction Co.
"We would not like to see too many warships in this area, because warships attract other warships, and this place may become tense because of the presence of warships," said Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
Prime Minister Mahathir returns to office at the age of 92, after an absence of 15 years, having defeated his successor Najib Razak, who has been subject to corruption allegations, noted Seatrade Maritime News of Colchester, England.
Speaking at a press conference the new prime minister said that previous investments projects by China in Malaysia would be reviewed.
"We need to study all the things done by the previous government. It is not only about China, it's about a lot of things within the country," he said.
Included in the planned Chinese investments in Malaysia is a massive 30 million TEU capacity container port on Carey Island close to the country's existing largest container port in Port Klang. The scale of the project has raised eyebrows among industry observers and analysts.
Another project with Chinese investors behind it is Kuala Linggi International Port, which aims to capture a slice of the oil transshipment and storage market, as well as ship repair, from Singapore 200 kilometres away.
Prime Minister Mahathir favours a major overland rail link with China saying he had written a personal letter Chinese President Xi Jinping suggesting one.
"As you know, when the demand for oil grew, ships were built bigger and bigger until they were almost half a million tonnes, but trains have remained small, and not long enough.
"So we should have big trains, and China has the technology to build big trains, which can carry goods from China to Europe, and will also make Central Asia-Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and all that, more accessible," he said.
At the same time he worked about the heavy burden placed on the country by investments such as the US$13 billion East Coast Rail Link project being built by China Communications Construction Co.