FOSHAN, CHINA: Chief Minister, Datuk Patinggi (Dr) Abang Johari Tun Openg said here yesterday that his current visit to China to explore possibilities of cooperation on the development of a LRT line in greater Kuching had been meaningful and enlightening.
The Chief Minister said the state was seeking a trustful collaboration with reputable companies to acquire the hardware and software to build the LRT line which would be undertaken by Sarawak Economic Development Corporation as the implementing agency.
He was visiting the CRRC Corporation Ltd here and he said this in his return address to the management of the company at its train manufacturing facility yesterday morning.
The Chief Minister and members of his delegation flew in here on Thursday evening from Wuhan City on the last leg of his five-day fact-finding visit to China.
He said the visit had given his team a clearer picture of the kind of collaboration that Sarawak should have with its potential partners.
While in Wuhan, the Chief Minister visited the Fiberhome headquarters, China’s leading global IT solution provider, where he was taken on a conducted tour of the facility and given a briefing on the operation and services of the company.
Among other things, Fiberhome provides IT solution to train line control and operation system in order to provide safe and reliable services to commuters.
Later, the Chief Minister and his entourage were taken on a tour of the train body fabrication and assembly line.
In the afternoon, he took time to visit an exposition here that featured hydrogen as a new source of energy to drive public transport vehicles and other machines.
Today, the delegation will proceed from Shenzen to Guangzhou on a high-speed train before flying back to Malaysia.
