Firefly would not impact parent company, says MAS chief
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2011
KOTA KINABALU: A move by its subsidiary company Firefly to offer flights between the city and Kuala Lumpur is unlikely to impact Malaysia Airlines (MAS), said company chief executive officer Tengku Datuk Seri Aznil Zaharuddin.
He said Firefly services enabled MAS as an airline to offer a variety of products catering to the different needs of travellers.
"There are those who want to travel on a full service flight and they can take MAS.
"There are those looking for value and they would opt for Firefly," he said after the arrival of the first MAS Perth-Kota Kinabalu flight here recently.
Firefly began its daily Kota Kinabalu-Kuala Lumpur flights on Jan 15 and the services were ...
Ex-Tourism Minister urges development around Kinabalu Park and Gunung Kinabalu
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2011
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Information and Tourism Minister, Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir, has urged the government to develop the areas around Kinabalu Park and Gunung Kinabalu.
"I call upon the government to allocate an urgent allocation of at least RM20 million to develop the area around Kinabalu Park, Gunung Kinabalu, Kundasang and Ranau as a leading global tourism zone," said Abdul Kadir in a Press conference held at Wisma Bernama here this morning.
He said the areas around Gunung Kinabalu have the potential to be a world clas eco-tourism zone considering its natural beauty.
"I just climbed the mountain with a group of Rotarians for an international charity drive to eradicate ...
Malaysia keen to have Maliau Basin on Unesco's heritage listing
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2011
Maliau Basin : Malaysia is very keen to list Sabah's Lost World, the Maliau Basin, as a Unesco World Heritage Site.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, in endorsing the state government's proposal, said that a world heritage listing will bring attention and interest to the 58,400ha untouched tropical rainforest which is only slightly smaller than Singapore.
He said the listing of Mount Kinabalu National Park, George Town and Malacca, and the Gunung Mulu National Park had brought prominence to these natural and historically important sites. However, a lot of work needs to be done to obtain the listing as various requirements need to be met, he said.
A first for any PM: Najib, ...
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