It is circular line to begin with

Stop overreacting
And nope it is not apple to apple comparison.

A stretch line like KJ will grows as it is commuting the commuters INTO THE CITY. Ridership will grow as the development around d city improving. Im not surprise if commuters as far as Klang Bukit tinggi might take lrt KJ line to go to KLCC.

While circular line will only help u to roam AROUND the city.

It is still needed but maybe not now due to financial burden.

If that the case why built now? Since it take time for rudership better built it when ridership mature lo.

That is exactly why we should staggered the building of all these big ticket items. Yes, future generations need it. But we don't build everything at one go. MRT already under utilized from Target passengers, still want to build new ones? Apa logic is that.
That is just like investors keep buying property even though the place is a jungle coz 50yrs later when population increase, that area will develope. Don't make sense

If you look at the cancelled MRT3 plan, it is quite obvious that half of the proposed line alignment is focused on increasing Bandar Malaysia land value, which is highly dependent on the HSR project.

Anyway I do think that the other half circle(taman desa-mont kiara-sentul) is important to complement existing lines to boost the ridership, so I hope eventually the PH gov will come out with something less bloated at lower cost.

refer to paultan website /2018/03/27/mrt-needs-250000-daily-passengers-to-break-even/
it needs 250K passenger per day to break even

underground station need more maintenance cost like electricity fee....
the running cost also cannot cover, why to build it?

most of the station is not doorstep unlike Singapore / HK..
it needs to change to shuttle bus..

if i park my car at MRT car park, it also costs me RM4.3 per entry.
likesaid if i go from Sungai Buloh to Uptown and park my car to MRT car park, the cost will be

RM 4.3 car park + ( RM 3.2 (TTDI) + RM 1 Shuttle bus ) * two ways = RM 12.7 per day.
If i buy a parking coupon for park whole day, the cost is RM 5, the remaining cost enough for me to cover the petrol .. why need to take MRT and take longer time to back home.