Malaysia's Aerospace Hub Ambitions, Grounded or Flying High?

Joshua Ng, Director, Alton Aviation Consultancy

31-Jul-24 07:45

Malaysia's Aerospace Hub Ambitions, Grounded or Flying High?

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MITI has proposed Sarawak to be the aerospace hub for Borneo whilst Selangor has made plain their ambitions too. We ask Joshua Ng, Director of Alton Aviation Consultancy if there are the policies in place for Malaysia to achieve their goal of being an aerospace hub and what are the challenges ahead.

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Produced by: Jake Lim

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Wong Shou Ning, Keith Kam

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Tags: celcomdigi2024, aerospace, aviation sector, sarawak, selangor, mro,

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