KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 (Bernama) -- The country's first submarine, KD Tunku Abdul Rahman (KD TAR), has arrived in the Strait of Melaka and is now heading towards Port Klang for the official welcoming ceremony Thursday.Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin and Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah as well as Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, Defence Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Chief of Defence Forces Tan Sri Azizan Ariffin and the chiefs navy, air force and army will attend the event.
Royal Malaysian Navy public relations officer Lt-Comm Masliza Maaris, when contacted, said members of the public would be able to watch the ceremony live through the "Hello On Two" programme on TV2 from 7.50am.The KD TAR is captained by Commander Zulhelmy Ithnain and has 35 crew. Masliza said the Scorpene submarine would be at the Pulau Indah naval base until Friday before sailing to RMN's base in Lumut.
KD TAR is scheduled to set sail for Sepanggar Bay near Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, where it will be permanently housed on Sept 17.The submarine would also be displayed at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition 2009 (Lima '09) on Dec 1-5, she said.
The KD TAR arrived home after a 55-day journey starting July 11 from Toulon, France, and made port of calls in Jeddah, Djibouti and Cochin.Malaysia purchased two Scorpene-class submarines at the cost of RM3.4 billion in 2002. They were jointly built by DCNS of France and Navantia of Spain.Both submarines are named after the country's first and second prime ministers.
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Our 1st Submarine will be displayed in LIMA 2009 in Langkawi. Hope this will attract all the viewers to board the 1st ever submarine Malaysia have.
Bernama 2/9/09
LIMA 2009 is just round the corner. BRAVOOO!!!... Masa utk buat extra duit.
ReplyDeleteAku harap jgn ada perbalahan/protest lagi antara teksi, keta sewa pandu sendiri, JPJ dan yg sekasta dengannya.
Bukan menyusahkan dan memalukan Langkawi TAPI aku jugak yg susah bila JPJ sita keta yg aku sewa.
Nak naik teksi???... Haram aku tak jejak kaki kat keta tu. Depa semua tu bangsat. Aku dah tau citer betapa bangsatnya depa di kaca mata org Langkawi. Tak gitu anak langkawi?
Wow! KASINA is just rent-a-car
Kah kah kah...
Sang Tuba,
ReplyDeletetak baik kata org bangsat.. mungkinla ada sekerat dua.. tapi kita nak jadikn yg terbaik dr yg terbaik.. kalo ada cerita tak elok mai la share2 kat sini... kalo boleh bg no teksi sekali..
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