The Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR) project promised to be a shining beacon of progress, slashing travel time between the two nations and spurring economic growth. Yet, instead of gleaming tracks and swift carriages, what we have is a tangled mess of flip-flops, soaring costs, and a trail of wasted taxpayer money on the sheer extravagance of irresponsible policymaking and its heavy toll on the nation’s pocket.