Chow dismisses proposed Kulim cargo airport, says Penang airport still has plenty of space
Chow told a press conference that only the passenger airport has reached full capacity while the cargo area has ‘plenty of space’. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
He told a press conference that only the passenger airport has reached full capacity while the cargo area has “plenty of space”. He said Mukhriz had told him last year that the RM1.6 billion project will be a cargo airport, adding that the proposal was still in its early stages. Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng had previously said PFI should not be the sole reason to implement the project.
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