SHAH ALAM: In his testimony to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in January this year, Defence Ministry secretary-general DS Isham Ishak said that the first LCS – PCU Maharaja Lela – is expected to be put into water (down slip) on schedule this May. That said, he said a slight […]
SHAH ALAM: Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin has denied a claim by a member of parliament that the Ministry of Finance (MOF) has issued a letter of intent for the Eva 8X8 SPH which is represented by Global Komited Sdn Bhd, a company under the Weststar Group. Speaking in Parliament […]
SHAH ALAM: Despite the assurances by RMN Chief Admiral Rahman Ayob that the LCS will be in the water – as according to schedule – it appears that there are delays to the project. Bernama is quoting Public Affairs Committe (PAC) chairperson chairman Mas Ermieyati Samsudin that the delays in […]
SHAH ALAM: As promised earlier, posted below are the full transcript of the speech by Defence Minister DSU Mohamad Hasan on issues of his ministry at Parliament on September 18. Based on the transcript, there is no need to fix the earlier post. Mohamad in his speech spoke on various […]
SHAH ALAM: IN the previous post on the nationalisation of Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS), Malaysian Defence speculated that the cost of the project is now RM12.4 billion. This is because Ocean Sunshine Bhd (OSB) – the government owned company set up to take over BNS will be paying the BHIC […]
SHAH ALAM: Defence Minister DSU Mohamad Hasan spoke at length on national security and defence issues at Dewan Negara on March 4, 2023. Unfortunately, as usual the minister spoke on general terms only and nothing specific. He did mention that the ministry was procuring LMS but did not even say […]
SHAH ALAM: Posted below are the transcript of the statement made by Defence Minister DSU Mohamad Hasan in Parliament on February 20, 2023. For brevity, Malaysian Defence has omitted questions and other items during the normal Parliamentary proceeding. If you want the full exchange, please go to Parliament web site, […]
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