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Expedite maintenance of country’s airports and ports: Anwar | Scoop
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim attended the opening of the 2024 National Craft Day at the Craft Complex in Kuala Lumpur today. He said the promotion of local products, handicrafts, batik and songket should also be expanded. – Bernama pic, February 24, 2024
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Expedite maintenance of country’s airports and ports: Anwar

PM says entry points into the country need to be improved to avoid congestion for tourists

Bernama
Updated
2:30 PM MYT

 

KUALA LUMPUR – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has requested that all maintenance and improvement projects at the entry points into the country, including airports and ports, be expedited to accommodate the increase in the arrival of foreign tourists.

He said facilities at the entry points into the country needed to be efficient and improved to avoid congestion, like at certain airports such as Tawau, Sabah and Penang.

The prime minister said upgrading the aerotrain services at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) should also be completed quickly.

“Not only (airports) in Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Penang, Alor Setar (Kedah) and Kota Bharu (Kelantan), but also Tawau (Sabah).

“As we know the airport in Tawau is small, not designed to receive tourists from abroad. We have to attract tourists from outside. (So) we cannot have work to repair airports to take up to three or four years,” he said when opening National Craft Day 2024 at the Craft Complex, here today.

The event was also attended by Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing and Deputy Minister Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan.

Anwar, who is also the Finance Minister,  said the authorities at the affected locations (undergoing maintenance or repair) need to consult the Transport Ministry and the Finance Ministry to expedite the work.

However, he said, the process to speed up the projects in question must be done according to stipulated procedures.

The prime minister expressed the need for synergy between ministries and agencies to be intensified to ensure the country’s tourism industry, covering various interrelated elements such as service, safety, convenience and attractions, remains competitive.

Promotion of local products, handicrafts, batik and songket should also be expanded, he added.

“I congratulate the Ministry of Tourism for this (promotion)… promoting products of Perlis, Kelantan, Terengganu, Sabah and Sarawak. The promotion should be extensive so that no state feels left out. This is important.

“Promoting local products, like handicrafts, can raise the dignity of the lives of the poor,” he said.

At the event, the prime minister also presented the National Craft Award 2024 to Puan Bangie Anak Embol, for her Pua Textile Craft.

National Craft Day is celebrated in recognition of the involvement and contribution of craft entrepreneurs and activists in developing the country’s craft industry. – February 24, 2024

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