Boustead formalises RM1.17bil contract

LANGKAWI, 23 Mac -- Menteri Pertahanan, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein (tengah) meyaksikan pertukran dokumen diantara Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian Pertahanan, Datuk Seri Abd Rahim Mohd Radzi (dua, kiri) dan Penagarah Urusan Kumpulan Boustead Holding Berhad, Tan Sri Lodin Wok Kamaruddin (dua, kiri) pada Majlis Menandatangani Kontrak Memorendum Perfahaman (MoU) Surat setuju Terima (SST) dan Surat Niat (LOI) Kementerian Pertahanan di Pusat Pameran Antarabangsa Mahsuri (MIEC) sempena Pameran Maritim dan Aeroangkasa Antarabangsa Langkawi (LIMA) 2017 edisi ke-14 hari ini.--fotoBERNAMA (2017) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

PETALING JAYA: Boustead Heavy Industries Corp Bhd (BHIC), a subsidiary of Boustead Holdings Bhd, has formalised the RM1.17bil contract to build four littoral mission ships for the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) in collaboration with a Chinese shipyard.

The company said in a stock exchange filing that the contract was signed yesterday with the government, and that there were no differences between the substance of the formal contract and the letter of award given out earlier in the week.