The high-speed rail (HSR) between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore would have been a bonus for the Jurong area, but now that the project is postponed, property analysts and businesses do not believe that it will have a significant impact on the prices of homes, retail or office buildings.
But when the railway is eventually built, retail property, in particular, may get a slight boost in value from the expected increase in human traffic, they said.
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