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Monday 18 May 2015

Modify aircraft for the purpose of meeting

He interviewed with the Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) in his office yesterday ahead of the Asean Summit scheduled for 26 th place in Kuala Lumpur and Langkawi on 26 and 27 April.

SHAH ALAM - Modifications carried out on private planes, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is intended to facilitate the meetings or discussions that may occur during the flight.

Najib through his writings in NajibRazak.com said modification also allows the manager to perform tasks and their jobs before reaching the destination.

"Modify the air space is done to facilitate the meeting of the leaders meeting in flight.

"It is a standard thing to help ease the leader in discharging their responsibilities," he said.

According to him, the best use of the official becoming standard practice for most of the leaders in the world.

"It is common practice for leaders in the world to use official aircraft that is not a luxury, it is sufficient to provide full facilities for the leader in the performance of their duties.

"So do not get the question arises whether or not a country or a government official to have jet," he said.

In the meantime he also denied the statement of the opposition who have been voicing various claims against the purchase of new jets by the government.

"Let us not be fooled claims dealt with by the opposition. What they fail to say is that the government needs to replace old aircraft with new jets that have been 16 years old on the grounds of safety. Furthermore it is the aircraft used by Yang Di-Pertuan Agong; cause we need to take into account the factor of safety as our top priority.

"Holding a long flight of very high feed costs. So the government had to resell the aircraft and the proceeds are used to cover part of the cost of purchasing a new jet, "he explained.

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