Privatisation of fixed-rail transit systems: A case study of Malaysia's STAR and PUTRA

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 846-853

  Abdul Aziz, Abdul Rashid ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Build operate transfer (BOT); Light rail transit sytem; Malaysia; Privatisation

Indexed keywords

LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC POLICY; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

BUID-OPERATE-TRANSFER (BOT); MALAYSIA;

LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC POLICY; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM; PRIVATIZATION; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

ASIA; EURASIA; KUALA LUMPUR [WEST MALAYSIA]; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 33751375662     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L06-030     Document Type: Article

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