rail link. By the middle of 2009, YTL again revived talk on the project and expressed hope that the Malaysian government would relook at the proposal, claiming that delays in the project has caused development costs to rise over the years. In 2010, Malaysia had made a proposal to revive the project. In the new proposal, the route will be in two phases; the first one is from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore while the second phase will be from Kuala Lumpur to Penang. On 19 February 2013, Singapore and Malaysia announced that they officially agreed to build a high-speed rail link between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore by 2020. The KL – Singapore section was planned to be about 380 km long with an expected travel time of 90 minutes. The high-speed railway terminus for Singapore was to be located in Jurong East at the Jurong Country Club site while the terminus for Malaysia was to be located at Bandar Malaysia in Sungai Besi. After the landslide defeat of Najib Razak in May 2018, his successor, Mahathir Mohamad told the Financial Times that the project would be delayed in favor of cheaper alternatives, like spending RM 20 billion to upgrade the Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) line so that trains can run at 200 km/h and align the KTM line to Jurong East Station. On 5 September 2018, an agreement to defer the project until 31 May 2020 was signed between Singapore and Malaysia with completion pushed back to 1 January 2031 instead of 31 December 2026, following initial plans to scrap it. In addition, Malaysia remitted S$15 million in abortive costs to Singapore on 31 January 2019. Subsequently, on 31 May 2020, Singapore agreed to Malaysia's request to delay the project for the final time to discuss and clarify proposed changes, ending on 31 December 2020. As no agreement could be reached by that day, on 1 January 2021, the HSR project was terminated. As a result, Malaysia needed to pay compensation to Singapore of about S$102.8 million, which was transferred on 29 March 2021. In March 2022, talks were scheduled again between the Malay and Singaporean governments to revive the high-speed rail project under new terms. On 26 February 2022, Thailand and Malaysia agreed to carry out a feasibility study between Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok. On 17 May 2022, the two countries set up a joint committee to coordinate the