High hopes, really

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, 13 Feb -- Kelihatan para penumpang menaiki pesawat MASwings ketika penerbangan ulung MASwings ke Brunei 1 Feb lalu.Bermula 1 Feb lepas, MASwings memulakan operasi ke tiga destinasi iaitu Kota Kinabalu-Bandar Seri Begawan (dua kali sehari) dan Kuching-Bandar Seri Begawan (tiga kali seminggu) manakala Kuching-Pontianak (Kalimantan Barat) sekali sehari bermula 6 Feb lepas dan Tawau-Tarakan (di Kalimantan Timur) tiga kali seminggu mulai 13 Feb.-- fotoBERNAMA (2012) HAKCIPTA TERPELIHARA

ALMOST exactly three years ago, I wrote a column on the Sarawak government’s intention to buy into MASwings. That piece was never published.

I had written my doubts on the state’s proposal ever becoming reality. My editors felt I should not pour cold water over what sounded like good news.