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SHAH ALAM: The government on December 19 signed the leasing deal for helicopters with Weststar Aviation Sdn Bhd for use of ministries and agencies. Not many details have been issued so far but RMAF posted on Facebook today on the signing ceremony at Putrajaya.
RMAF release on the leasing arrangement.
𝐌𝐀𝐉𝐋𝐈𝐒 𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐀𝐍𝐈 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐉𝐀𝐍𝐉𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐎𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐊𝐄𝐆𝐔𝐍𝐀𝐀𝐍 𝐊𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐃𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈 𝐊𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐉𝐀𝐀𝐍
PUTRAJAYA, 19 Disember 2024 – Panglima Tentera Udara, Jen Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Mohd Asghar Khan bin Goriman Khan TUDM telah hadir ke Majlis Menandatangani Perjanjian Perolehan Helikopter untuk kegunaan kementerian dan agensi kerajaan melalui kaedah pajakan aset secara penswastaan bertempat di Putrajaya.
Perjanjian ini menandakan kesungguhan kerajaan dalam memperkukuh keupayaan operasi dan logistik udara agensi-agensi terlibat termasuk TUDM.
Pendekatan penswastaan melalui mekanisme pajakan ini dilihat sebagai langkah strategik yang bukan sahaja dapat meningkatkan keberkesanan perolehan, malah memastikan pengurusan sumber dilakukan dengan lebih cekap dan berkesan.
Kaedah ini juga dianggap inovatif kerana berpotensi untuk menjimatkan kos jangka panjang tanpa menjejaskan kualiti mahupun fungsi aset yang diperoleh.
Chief Secretary to Government TS Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar had this to say on the leasing deal:
Malam ini, saya hadir ke Majlis Menandatangani Perjanjian Perolehan Helikopter untuk kegunaan kementerian dan agensi kerajaan secara penswastaan melalui kaedah pajakan aset, yang berlangsung di Putrajaya.
Perjanjian ini mencerminkan komitmen kerajaan untuk memperkukuhkan keupayaan operasi agensi berkaitan, terutama dalam melaksanakan tugas-tugas kritikal yang memerlukan sokongan logistik udara.
Pendekatan penswastaan melalui pajakan aset ini adalah langkah strategik yang bukan sahaja meningkatkan keberkesanan perolehan tetapi juga memastikan penggunaan sumber secara lebih cekap dan optimum. Ia merupakan kaedah inovatif yang mampu menjimatkan kos jangka panjang tanpa menjejaskan kualiti atau fungsi aset yang diperoleh.
Semoga perjanjian ini menjadi titik tolak kepada lebih banyak kerjasama strategik pada masa hadapan demi kepentingan negara dan kesejahteraan rakyat.
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Note apart from the RMAF chief, both the RMN and Army deputies were present at the signing ceremony as with the Mindef Secretary-General. Both the RMAF and RMN have been confirmed to be part of the leasing with the Army getting in as well as reported here.
For further details on the leasing deal go here.
— Malaysian Defence
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This statement is a joke
"Kaedah ini juga dianggap inovatif kerana berpotensi untuk menjimatkan kos jangka panjang tanpa menjejaskan kualiti mahupun fungsi aset yang diperoleh"
Compared to what does this thing is cost saving???
Cost saving on maintenance and part. This critical issue...
One lousy contract signing event done in hotel. Pay the contractors & pay the hotel. Why can’t u sign without ceremony paid by the people?
Macam ape je style perolehan asset. Style balas budi 25 tahun.
"Kaedah ini juga dianggap inovatif kerana berpotensi untuk menjimatkan kos jangka panjang tanpa menjejaskan kualiti mahupun fungsi aset yang diperoleh."
As of now, many publicly available evidence shows that the above is not true until is proven. We are just wasting more money long term. We need an audit to compare the total leasing cost and overall cost of outright buying and operating for 15 years
So Weststar is getting richer and richer......
no wonder some are smiling ear to ear , their future generations wealth is guaranteed for decades in the future ...
yeap... quite innovative indeed (.....)
Guys, the innovative part is true. Instead of traditional one of deals for cronies, we have decades long deal to sustain the crony and ensure their helang offsprings will never know poor. Isnt that innovative?
So as alluded & expected, Weststar is the new master crony of PH.
So as alluded & expected, Weststar is the new master crony of PH.(joe)
Is this Madani government 'so dense' that it can't see it's just enriching Westar instead of spreading the mark-ups and commissions to a number of vendors and middle-men?
What are the helicopter owner's pre-conditions if we are faced with an insurgency or combat situation? Is the contract ala Spanco?
To be honest, we're already using HS125s or its clones. Just continue using this type. Cheaper helicopter? Yup, ada, ada! Get the Russian MIL17 or MIL171 types.
I am increasingly thinking I am getting more bitter as I age, but quickly snapped out of it when I remembered a change in government doesn't guarantee that the characters in Dumb and Dumber are irreversibly dead!
I was told that in a pinch, the Armed Forces will go ahead and used the helicopters and let the government and company decide on whether or not extra payment was needed to cover the situation.