KUALA LUMPUR: George Kent (Malaysia) Bhd today announced that it had signed a pre-consortium agreement with Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Germany and Siemens Pte Ltd of Singapore for the Kuala Lumpur–Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) tender.
In a statement today, George Kent said both parties will form an engineering, procurement and construction pre-consortium to prepare a joint offer on EPC level to the special purpose company. The SPC will bid for the development, financing, construction and technical operation and maintenance of the HSR.
The agreement may lead to George Kent’s participation in the HSR project.
“The HSR project is one of the most prestigious and coveted project in the rail industry as it is the first cross-border high speed rail project in Southeast Asia,” George Kent chairman Tan Sri Tan Kay Hock said in the statement.
“George Kent is pleased to be partnering with Siemens who have one of the most impressive track records in delivering successfully the safest and most reliable high speed rail systems in the world.
“We hope to be able to contribute our part as the local Malaysian company in delivering the HSR project,” Tan added.