PETALING JAYA: Malaysia can gain from the performance as well as efficiency of Japan’s city planning as well as public transportation, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong after a politeness telephone call with Japan’s newly-appointed State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport as well as Tourism (MLIT) Kokuba Konosuke.
“Kokuba also shared with us the success of the Shinkansen, Japan’s premier HSR system since it started operations in 1964, especially from the safety aspect as it has attained an astonishing zero-accident rate in over six decades of operation,” stated the Ayer Hitam MP, that belonged to the Malaysian Parliamentary choose board of the House of Representatives on Infrastructure, Transport as well as Communication (JKPK IPK) delegation that paid a politeness contact us to Etoh Taku, the chair of the Special Committee on …