High speed rail extension cost affordable: DGBAS chief

The estimated NT$55.4 billion (US$1.79 billion) cost of extending the high-speed rail line from its current southern terminus in Kaohsiung to Pingtung County is affordable, the head of the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) said Monday.

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