NEWS: MoT firm on MAHB’s aerotrain deadline

The Edge TV

The transport ministry says while Malaysia Airports Holdings’s decision to axe Pestech’s contract is its own to make, the deadline to have the aerotrain up and running again remains unchanged. Details in this week’s edition of The Edge.

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00:00 told the MD that you have to be accountable as well, the board have to be

00:07 accountable as well, because whatever decision you make, must ensure that the

00:15 delivery of the project must be according to the schedule and I've given

00:21 them a firm date, because they promised me July 2024 the first train must run.

00:29 So I said let's stick to that date. I don't bother, I don't care which company

00:38 that you want to continue with the existing company or

00:41 you want to appoint a new company, but the deadline will not change. If you can

00:45 do it, by all means, but deadline cannot change. I told the MD, if you change the

00:53 deadline, you'll be changed. Even though that is not my power to remove him,

01:00 he's under Kazana. But I make it a point, I said you have to be accountable. You

01:08 are the MD, you are not only accountable to the board, this is a national airport,

01:13 international airport and our national pride, that gateway to

01:20 the country, that you must take all the necessary steps to ensure that the

01:28 project will be delivered.

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