Considering the historical nature of this control tower, the Chief Minister of Malacca, Mohd Ali Rustam is attempting to save the tower, by either relocating it, or by changing plans to incorporate the tower.
His defence of animal testing generated international attention, and was criticized by the Malaysian chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
On January 26, 2010, Chief Minister of the state of Malacca, Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said the work on the dual-track railway was 32.81% completed and it was expected to be operational by Aug 2012.
Muhammad Ali | Hyder Ali | Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Ali | Muhammad Ali of Egypt | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto | Ali Akbar Khan | Tariq Ali | Saif Ali Khan | Asif Ali Zardari | Ali Shariati | Ali Abdullah Saleh | Ali Mohammed Ghedi | Ali Khamenei | Ali Pasha | Ali G Indahouse | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan | Husayn ibn Ali | Hasan ibn Ali | Ali Imam | Mohd Bunyamin Umar | Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah | Michael Nazir-Ali | Laila Ali | Jebel Ali | Ali Baba | Zine El Abidine Ben Ali | Wajid Ali Shah | Shakir Ali | Mohammed Hussein Ali |