Malaysia working with Asean neighbours on space development, Parliament told

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Malaysia is not competing with its Asean neighbours in developing its space sector, said Deputy Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Mohammad Yusof Apdal in the Dewan Rakyat on Monday (Feb 24).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2e8m8jv5   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00My question is, what is HALA 7 must do through the Malaysian Space Agency, MYASA,

00:06to achieve the space economic development target of 10 billion by 2030,

00:11as well as to create 5,000 jobs and 500 startup space technology companies?

00:17And where is the readiness of MYASA to explore the potential of space exploration in the field of space,

00:25through the sharing of resources and expertise with neighboring countries,

00:29as well as to advance the country's aerospace sector in line with high value job opportunities

00:34to meet the future needs in our country?

00:37Thank you, Your Honour.

00:40I'm sorry, I forgot my name.

00:43Merbuk, yes.

00:47At the moment, MYASA is implementing various programs in the field of space exploration and space development.

00:58Various programs continue to be implemented to the space technology

01:08which aims to improve the country's efforts.

01:16Through this program, MYASA will further strengthen our efforts to achieve KPI,

01:30as mentioned by Your Honour.

01:33And we will also ensure that we have a space exploration MYASA in 2030

01:46which will be our goal to achieve the goals as mentioned by Your Honour.

01:56In relation to the second question, YB, we can cooperate with ASEAN countries.

02:10On a global level, we have two neighbors who have reached an agreement

02:17under the PPP, which is Thailand and Singapore.

02:23We, Malaysia, have not yet reached an agreement

02:25because we are still in the process of looking for an agreement.

02:31But we will reach an agreement when there is an opportunity.

02:34But we are together with our neighbors

02:37and we have no differences in terms of interests or goals.

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