Malaysia: MED To Meet Japanese Govt On Asian Aircraft

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 16 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's Ministry of Entrepreneur Development (MED) is planning a meeting with the Japanese government on a proposal to build an Asian aircraft. Its Minister, Mohd Redzuan Yusof said Malaysia would contribute in terms of manufacturing components for the proposed Asian aircraft. He said the first meeting on the proposed Asian aircraft project would be held in Japan in late November. “This ideation does not come from Malaysia, it comes from the Japanese government. They actually invited us to consider participating in the Asian aircraft project. “We have the base here in relation to what we can do to support the global aircraft industry, such as CTRM (Composites Technology Research Malaysia) (which) is supplying Tier 2 components to Airbus,” he told reporters on the sidelines of the Malaysian Economic Summit 2018 organised by the Kingsley Advisory and Strategic Initiatives here Tuesday. Mohd Redzuan said CTRM would become the project so-called base, and the government may open more facilities if the Japanese project were to materialise. “We have not prepared the blueprint so to speak. Only an ideation coined by the Japanese government to initiate the Asian aircraft. “I do not know how many countries (will participate in the project). I can’t tell you much. That is (still) an ideation stage,” he added. -- BERNAMA