Govt in process of acquiring land to upgrade Kuching International Airport


KUALA LUMPUR: The Transport Ministry and Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) have plans to acquire land owned by the Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA) to enable the project to upgrade the Kuching International Airport (KIA) to be carried out.

Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Hasbi Habibollah (pic) said an application would be submitted by the ministry to request the funds to acquire the land, which is next to KIA, under the Fifth Rolling Plan of the 12th Malaysia Plan (MP12) next year.

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