Malaysia's mega rail project to facilitate balanced development: officials

STORY: Malaysia's mega rail project to facilitate balanced development: officials DATELINE: May 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:24 LOCATION: Kuala Lumpur CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Malay): ANWAR IBRAHIM, Malaysian Prime Minister 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Malay): ANTHONY LOKE SIEW FOOK, Malaysian Transport Minister 4. various of the construction of East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) STORYLINE: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Friday that the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), a mega rail project in Malaysia being built by the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), will facilitate balanced development in the country. He made the remarks at the launch of the construction of the railway's first station in Kelantan state. He said that the connectivity improved by the ECRL will help integrate the Southeast Asian country's developed west coast with its less developed east coast through better mobility as part of a wider public transport system. SOUNDBITE 1 (Malay): ANWAR IB

UN urges solidarity in advancing sustainable development as population hits 8 bln

STORY: UN urges solidarity in advancing sustainable development as population hits 8 bln DATELINE: Nov. 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. wide shot of UN Headquarters 2. wide shot of the press briefing room 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARIA-FRANCESCA SPATOLISANO, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs 4. med shot of briefers 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): IB PETERSEN, Deputy director for management, UN Population Fund 6. med shot of briefers 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JOHN WILMOTH, Director of Population Division, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs 8. wide shot of the press briefing room STORYLINE: The United Nations (UN) on Tuesday called for solidarity in advancing sustainable development as the world's population hits 8 billion. The United Nations said in a press release that the 8-billion-mark is "a clarion call" for humanity to meet its shared responsibility to prote