PETALING JAYA: Tunnelling works by China companies have started on one section of the recently renegotiated RM44bil East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), sources said.

The works have started in the stretch between Dungun and Mentakab.

Malaysian contractors are expected to benefit from the civil works that will be given out in the next few months with 40% of the contracts going to local companies.

“Tunnel works are excluded from the 40% civil works allocated for local contractors. All tunnel works are to be done by China companies or the main contractor which is CCCC (China Communications Construction Company Ltd), “ said a source.

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