Lim Guan Eng inflated hsr cost fr 70 to 110b to incl.interest when indicative is low or zero

[JohnTan]

He also questioned how the new government derived the cost of the project to be RM110 billion, an issue he again took up on Saturday by directing it at Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng, who had said on Thursday that the former premier had not included interest charges in his calculation.

“How he (Mr Lim) arrived at this figure is unclear as the international tender which requires those participating to propose their financing packages only closes in December 2018,” Datuk Seri Najib said on Saturday.

"In the course of previous discussions, various participating parties had earlier indicated that they are able to propose low-interest or even no interest financing packages similar to what was offered to India."

I always knew that oppies were liars.