News about air

KUALA LUMPUR (July 2): Almost 10 years after the federal government shot down a proposal to build an airport funded by the private sector in Labu, Negeri Sembilan, the topic has been revived after the Pakatan Harapan state government announced its intention to develop an aviation hub there.

PETALING JAYA (July 1): Negeri Sembilan plans to develop an aviation hub as the state government is confident that it will benefit the economy at the local and national level, reported Bernama.

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KUALA LUMPUR (June 22): Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali has instructed the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda), which is embroiled in several controversial deals, to undertake an “external forensic audit to get to the bottom of this”.

PETALING JAYA (June 19): Negeri Sembilan does not have plans to offer free water supply, says Menteri Besar Aminuddin Harun Aminuddin, adding that the state Pakatan Harapan did not make such a promise in its election manifesto.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 19): Just over a year after announcing its partnership with the Malaysian government for the Digital Free Trade Zone (DFTZ), Alibaba Group has already invested US$100 million (RM400 million) in its various initiatives here.

PETALING JAYA (June 12): The Ministry of Transport has not received a proposal on the Kulim International Airport (KXP), said minister Anthony Loke.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 12): Short-term lease platform Airbnb looks forward to engaging with local authorities to develop and appropriate frameworks — including tourism tax collection — that allow home sharing to thrive for Malaysia’s short- and long-term benefit, it said in an op-ed today.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 11): The Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) had today proposed that the government abolish its RM10 per room per night tourism tax to grow foreign tourist arrivals.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 11): Could environmental concerns scupper Berjaya Corp Bhd founder and executive chairperson Vincent Tan’s (pictured) plans for a new airport in Tioman island? According to a report by news portal Malaysiakini, Malaysian Airport Holdings Bhd managing director Badlisham Ghazali said that there were environmental concerns as the new airport may entail lengthening the current, “abandoned airport runway into the ocean through land reclamation”.