YB Dato’ Sri Liow Tiong Lai, Minister of Transport, Malaysia led a delegation to undertake a working visit to Guangzhou, Guangdong province from 13-14 July 2015. During the visit, YB Dato’ Sri Liow met with His Excellency Hu Chunhua, Party Secretary of the Guangdong Province and held an in-depth discussion on various issues of mutual interest between Malaysia and Guangdong. Mr. Muzambli Markam, the Consul General of Malaysia was also present during the meeting.
Among the matters discussed includes the possibility of establishing a direct air-link between Guangzhou and Malacca, to jointly develop ports in Malacca, to encourage more Chinese tourist and investors to make Malaysia the preferred destination and also to further strengthen economic cooperation between Malaysia and Guangdong.
As part of Malaysia’s effort to promote closer link between Malacca and Guangdong, YB Dato’ Sri Liow also met with Mr. Si Xianmin, President and Chairman of China Southern Airlines which operates the biggest number of aircrafts in China. During the meeting, Mr. Si assured YB Minister that China Southern Airlines will give serious consideration on the propose route and a final decision will be subject to a feasibility study will be carried out by the company. Both sides agreed that detail of the proposal to be discussed further by a working group comprising of officials from China Southern Airlines, the Ministry of Transport Malaysia and Malaysia Airport Berhad.