PETALING JAYA: Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook (pic) will proceed with his scheduled official visit to China to represent Malaysia at the 12th Apec Transport Ministers’ Meeting in Beijing, before returning home to manage his resignation from the Cabinet.
The Transport Ministry confirmed in a statement yesterday that Loke’s itinerary while in Beijing, from yesterday and today, includes bilateral meetings and the signing of two key Memorandums of Understanding (MOU).
The first agreement is a comprehensive transport cooperation MOU between the governments of Malaysia and China, covering the land, rail, maritime, aviation, and logistics sectors.
The second is an aviation safety cooperation MOU between the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) and the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).
The CAAM-CAAC agreement will focus on airworthiness, aviation organisation certification, personnel licensing, operational oversight, and mutual recognition of compliance findings and certificates.
Following the official engagements in Beijing, Loke will travel to Shanghai to join Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s delegation.
He is scheduled to return to Malaysia immediately after to attend to matters concerning his formal resignation as Transport Minister.
