‘Kulim airport may be white elephant’


Mukhriz witnessing the exchange of documents between the CEO of KXP AirportCity Holdings Datuk Dr Anuar Mohd Saffar (left) with Deputy CEO of ADPI Oliver Guichard at the signing ceremony. ADPI is a French engineering company that carries out designs of new airports or development of existing airports. — Bernama

THE progress of the proposed Kulim International Airport (KXP) has not gone down well with MCA.

“Malaysia needs more airports but not a new cargo airport larger than Singapore’s Changi Airport sitting a mere 53km away from the second busiest airport (Penang) in terms of cargo tonnage, ” said MCA vice-president Datuk Tan Teik Cheng in a statement.

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