After opening the ExecuJet MRO Services facility at the Subang airport on May 2, Transport Minister Anthony Loke told reporters that jet services would commence operations at the airport once the renovation work for the initial term of the overall airport regeneration plan is completed by the third quarter of this year.
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00:00Question for the Minister, you mentioned new investments coming into Subang for business
00:07jets.
00:08Just maybe if you could outline some of the details of those investments.
00:12And also kind of related to that is, when do you foresee regional jet operations starting
00:17at Subang as well?
00:20Jet operations will start as soon as this year, so probably in the third quarter.
00:25We are doing some renovation right now, and there are some adjustments in terms of the
00:31terminal that is undertaken by MHB.
00:35So that is just for the initial phase, for the first three years.
00:39But the medium term, we'll be building a new terminal in Subang, that is to replace the
00:45Skypark terminal.
00:47That will take at least about three years to complete.
00:49But meanwhile, we are doing some adjustments for the jet operations to begin, to start
00:55immediately.
00:56As I mentioned, probably by the third quarter of this year.
01:00So that is to answer your questions.
01:03As regards to other investments, of course that is handled by MHB.
01:08MHB are building facilities, and so they are providing the land for investments to come
01:13in.
01:14Either they build the facilities, they build the hangar, or they provide the land for lease
01:19in terms of new investment.
01:20That is up to MHB.
01:21Any details in terms of investment, I cannot reveal because it's commercial.
01:26It's up to them.
01:27But as I mentioned, our role in the government, in the Ministry of Transport, is to facilitate.
01:35If any new investment comes in, where they face some hurdles, like in the case of SQJ,
01:41they did face some hurdles in the beginning, where there are certain requirements that
01:46they cannot fulfil in terms of licensing.
01:49So we make some adjustments to facilitate that, so that that investment can come.
01:54If we are too rigid to say that we cannot make an adjustment, that laws or that particular
01:59regulation cannot be exempted, then we will lose this investment.
02:03So we are taking a very pragmatic approach.
02:06So certain requirements, of course, yes, is to protect our local industry, our local companies.
02:11But we know in aerospace industry, we need the foreign investment.
02:16So in this case, we allowed that investment to come in, and here we are.
02:20We have this facility and providing a lot of jobs for Malaysians.
02:24So that is the approach that we are taking.