High speed train in Taiwan

The distance from Taipeh to Kaoshiung is 340 kilometers. It takes 5 hours by ordinary train and 1.5 hours by fast train. The speed of the fast train is 300 km per hour.

The distance from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur is 300 km and now takes 7 hours. I hope that there will, in the near future, be a fast train from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur that can cut down the travel time to 1.5 hour.

We are supposed to be good neighbours. Yet, it is so difficult to have a project that will benefit the people of both countries.