The company is also awarded another contract worth RM128 million.
KUALA
LUMPUR: The George Kent-Lion Pacific Consortium received the letter of
acceptance from Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd on Monday for the Ampang
LRT line extension project costing RM955.840 million.
Prasarana has appointed the consortium as the contractor for system works of the project.
George Kent said the consortium has been further awarded the supply of
Train Borne Equipment together with works in respect of which Prasarana
has options which it can exercise together for a total of RM128.618
million.
The contract entails engineering, procurement, construction, testing and
commissioning of the signalling system, communications, trackwork and
third rail, electrification of the rail system and other associated
works for the Ampang LRT line to be extended by another 17.7km to
connect the current Sri Petaling Station to Putra Heights, it said in a
statement today.
George Kent has been in existence for over 76 years and has a proven track record in Malaysia in the construction industry.
The company has over the last 30 years built a track record of many
infrastructure construction projects which it has completed or are
ongoing, it said.
The contract is expected to commence immediately and the completion
period is 44 months from the date of the letter of acceptance.
The contract will not have any significant effect on the group’s
earnings for the financial year ending Jan 31, 2013 but is expected to
contribute positively to the group’s future earnings.
-Bernama
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