2017年8月31日星期四
2017年8月22日星期二
AirAsia's Langkawi-Shenzhen flight
Najib launches AirAsia's Langkawi-Shenzhen flight
Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak launched AirAsia's direct flight from here to Shenzhen, China.
The new route is expected to further develop Langkawi as a world-class tourist destination.
AirAsia Group chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes thanked Najib for officiating the direct flight on Saturday.
"Last year, the Prime Minister launched our direct flight from Guangzhou to Langkawi.
"Leadership takes courage and it is courageous leadership shown by the Prime Minister to support AirAsia in reducing the airport tax which for years Malaysia Airports had resisted.
"Today, we see that value of his brave leadership. Direct international tourists have increased from 83,754 in 2015 to 187,433 in 2016 – an increase of 120 per cent.
"This represents a contribution of RM300mil to GDP, based on the 12 times multiplier effect," Fernandes said in his speech.
He said 2016 was the first time when international tourists outnumbered domestic tourists.
"We are driven by this and already this year we have flown over a million tourists to Langkawi with our 238 weekly flights from Langkawi.
"But we want to get to the three million mark and contribute a large part to the Langkawi Development Authority’s (LADA) target of RM9bil revenue.
"Our vision is that we will make Langkawi as connected as Phuket, if not greater."
~News courtesy of The Star~
Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak launched AirAsia's direct flight from here to Shenzhen, China.
The new route is expected to further develop Langkawi as a world-class tourist destination.
AirAsia Group chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes thanked Najib for officiating the direct flight on Saturday.
"Last year, the Prime Minister launched our direct flight from Guangzhou to Langkawi.
"Leadership takes courage and it is courageous leadership shown by the Prime Minister to support AirAsia in reducing the airport tax which for years Malaysia Airports had resisted.
"Today, we see that value of his brave leadership. Direct international tourists have increased from 83,754 in 2015 to 187,433 in 2016 – an increase of 120 per cent.
"This represents a contribution of RM300mil to GDP, based on the 12 times multiplier effect," Fernandes said in his speech.
He said 2016 was the first time when international tourists outnumbered domestic tourists.
"We are driven by this and already this year we have flown over a million tourists to Langkawi with our 238 weekly flights from Langkawi.
"But we want to get to the three million mark and contribute a large part to the Langkawi Development Authority’s (LADA) target of RM9bil revenue.
"Our vision is that we will make Langkawi as connected as Phuket, if not greater."
~News courtesy of The Star~
Langkawi to be the ‘Monaco of the East’ for luxury tourism
Govt mulls making island the ‘Monaco of the East’ for luxury tourism
Plans are being made to further improve tourism in Langkawi with the implementation of luxury tourism and the promotion of people’s tourism concepts for the island, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
He added that the Government was considering two concepts in further developing Langkawi as a tourist destination, one of which was to make it the “Monaco of the East” for luxury tourism and the other to promote people’s tourism.
“We have laid the foundation to bring Langkawi to the next phase of development,” he said at the “Leader with the People” programme and at the launch of the People’s Housing Project and Chenang fishermen’s jetty here yesterday.
Najib also said Langkawi will retain its duty-free status as long as the Barisan Nasional government remained in power.
“In fact, we will bring more projects to the island.”
Najib said the successful development of Langkawi was not due to the efforts of any individual or Umno leader alone, but because of the strong support of the party members he led.
He also said that the housing project launched here proved the Government is concerned for the need of the people on the island to own their own homes.
The RM242mil project is expected to be completed by 2019.
“This is not a political project because the contractor has already started work on it,” he said of the project which involves the construction of five blocks of 11-storey apartments.
At another function, Najib said Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s attempts to vilify the country’s leaders have backfired on him.
Without naming the former premier, he said it has been understood that the country’s leaders would pass the mantle to their successors and give them the opportunity to lead in their own way.
“I’ve always wanted the best for the country, having transformed it for the better by bringing in more development and investments.
“This former leader may have forgotten, but I remember it is the principle of a Prime Minister to do good for the country,” he said at the opening of the Langkawi Umno division delegates meeting.
Najib said Umno’s principles dictated that a former party leader should respect the initiatives carried out by the present Prime Minister.
“This has been done since the tenure of the first prime minister and we continue to carry on the good work done by our predecessors,” he added.
Najib also thanked the Langkawi Umno members who have stayed loyal to the party.
Earlier, Najib launched Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad’s digital mobile application “i-Muamalat Mobile” during the Langkawi Digital Carnival.
The service, which can be downloaded from Google Play Store and Apple Store, offers customers online banking services such as money transfers, bill payments and credit top-up payments for handphone users.
~News courtesy of The Star~
Plans are being made to further improve tourism in Langkawi with the implementation of luxury tourism and the promotion of people’s tourism concepts for the island, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
He added that the Government was considering two concepts in further developing Langkawi as a tourist destination, one of which was to make it the “Monaco of the East” for luxury tourism and the other to promote people’s tourism.
“We have laid the foundation to bring Langkawi to the next phase of development,” he said at the “Leader with the People” programme and at the launch of the People’s Housing Project and Chenang fishermen’s jetty here yesterday.
Najib also said Langkawi will retain its duty-free status as long as the Barisan Nasional government remained in power.
“In fact, we will bring more projects to the island.”
Najib said the successful development of Langkawi was not due to the efforts of any individual or Umno leader alone, but because of the strong support of the party members he led.
He also said that the housing project launched here proved the Government is concerned for the need of the people on the island to own their own homes.
The RM242mil project is expected to be completed by 2019.
“This is not a political project because the contractor has already started work on it,” he said of the project which involves the construction of five blocks of 11-storey apartments.
At another function, Najib said Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s attempts to vilify the country’s leaders have backfired on him.
Without naming the former premier, he said it has been understood that the country’s leaders would pass the mantle to their successors and give them the opportunity to lead in their own way.
“I’ve always wanted the best for the country, having transformed it for the better by bringing in more development and investments.
“This former leader may have forgotten, but I remember it is the principle of a Prime Minister to do good for the country,” he said at the opening of the Langkawi Umno division delegates meeting.
Najib said Umno’s principles dictated that a former party leader should respect the initiatives carried out by the present Prime Minister.
“This has been done since the tenure of the first prime minister and we continue to carry on the good work done by our predecessors,” he added.
Najib also thanked the Langkawi Umno members who have stayed loyal to the party.
Earlier, Najib launched Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad’s digital mobile application “i-Muamalat Mobile” during the Langkawi Digital Carnival.
The service, which can be downloaded from Google Play Store and Apple Store, offers customers online banking services such as money transfers, bill payments and credit top-up payments for handphone users.
~News courtesy of The Star~
JPJ: Malaysia to implement VEP fee at Thai border
JPJ: Malaysia to implement VEP fee at Thai border
Malaysia will implement road charges and the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) system at the Thai border soon, said the Road Transport Department.
Its director-general Datuk Seri Nadzri Siron said the Transport Ministry was studying the matter and carrying out surveys on the number of vehicles crossing bordering states in Perlis, Kedah, Perak and Kelantan.
"JPJ as the executing agency has started its work at all the border states. It will be the same as how it is implemented at the Johor Baru–Singapore border.
"The charges would be the same, which is RM20 for every foreign registered vehicle entering Malaysia, and RM5 from that will be given to the state government," he told a press conference after the "One Community One JPJ" event here on Monday.
He added that the VEP, which will be carried out at the same time, would see a better record of vehicles entering the country.
~News courtesy of The Star~
Malaysia will implement road charges and the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) system at the Thai border soon, said the Road Transport Department.
Its director-general Datuk Seri Nadzri Siron said the Transport Ministry was studying the matter and carrying out surveys on the number of vehicles crossing bordering states in Perlis, Kedah, Perak and Kelantan.
"JPJ as the executing agency has started its work at all the border states. It will be the same as how it is implemented at the Johor Baru–Singapore border.
"The charges would be the same, which is RM20 for every foreign registered vehicle entering Malaysia, and RM5 from that will be given to the state government," he told a press conference after the "One Community One JPJ" event here on Monday.
He added that the VEP, which will be carried out at the same time, would see a better record of vehicles entering the country.
~News courtesy of The Star~
2017年8月16日星期三
Travellers departing Malaysian airports to pay RM1 levy from 2018
Travellers departing Malaysian airports to pay RM1 levy from 2018
Air travellers will be subjected to a RM1 (US$0.23) levy when departing Malaysian airports as early as 2018, the country's aviation regulator said on Tuesday (Aug 15).
The new levy to be imposed by the Malaysia Aviation Commission, MAVCOM will be tabled in parliament in October. It will apply to all departing passengers for both domestic and overseas destinations except for rural air services in interior Sabah and Sarawak.
The passenger service charge at all Malaysian airports may also be raised from the current RM50 to RM73 for all international flights beyond Asean beginning January 2018 to standardise the system.
v Currently a different rate applies to KLIA1 and KLIA2 international airports.
The passenger service charge is fixed at RM35 for all destinations in Asean.
MAVCOM, which was set up last year to regulate the civil aviation industry, is expected to collect RM30 million in the first year from the RM1 levy, according to its chief operating officer Azmir Zain.
"I can confirm there is a definite plan by Mavcom to charge RM1 levy to all departing passengers with exception of those flying the rural air services in Sabah and Sarawak. The purpose of the RM1 levy is to ensure financial sustenance and more importantly the independence of the commission. In the last 12 months we have shown results. Example, by lowering the passenger service charge from RM65 to RM35 flat for all ASEAN destinations. That's a saving of RM30 for customers."
MAVCOM, in tabling its first industry report on Tuesday, said it expects the air passenger traffic to grow between 7.8 and 8.6 per cent in 2017 with the number of air travellers expected to hit 99.6 million.
But amid decreasing air fare and competitive operating environment, revenues are expected to remain flat for most airlines.
Source: Channel News Asia
Air travellers will be subjected to a RM1 (US$0.23) levy when departing Malaysian airports as early as 2018, the country's aviation regulator said on Tuesday (Aug 15).
The new levy to be imposed by the Malaysia Aviation Commission, MAVCOM will be tabled in parliament in October. It will apply to all departing passengers for both domestic and overseas destinations except for rural air services in interior Sabah and Sarawak.
The passenger service charge at all Malaysian airports may also be raised from the current RM50 to RM73 for all international flights beyond Asean beginning January 2018 to standardise the system.
v Currently a different rate applies to KLIA1 and KLIA2 international airports.
The passenger service charge is fixed at RM35 for all destinations in Asean.
MAVCOM, which was set up last year to regulate the civil aviation industry, is expected to collect RM30 million in the first year from the RM1 levy, according to its chief operating officer Azmir Zain.
"I can confirm there is a definite plan by Mavcom to charge RM1 levy to all departing passengers with exception of those flying the rural air services in Sabah and Sarawak. The purpose of the RM1 levy is to ensure financial sustenance and more importantly the independence of the commission. In the last 12 months we have shown results. Example, by lowering the passenger service charge from RM65 to RM35 flat for all ASEAN destinations. That's a saving of RM30 for customers."
MAVCOM, in tabling its first industry report on Tuesday, said it expects the air passenger traffic to grow between 7.8 and 8.6 per cent in 2017 with the number of air travellers expected to hit 99.6 million.
But amid decreasing air fare and competitive operating environment, revenues are expected to remain flat for most airlines.
Source: Channel News Asia
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