Malaysia to accept bids for radar

Malaysia to accept bids for radar

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysia will start accepting bids for a second mobile radar at Kuala Lumpur's Subang international airport by the end of the month, Transport Minister Datuk Ling Liong Sik said yesterday.

Ling said the bidding would be restricted to five foreign companies, one each from France, Italy, South Africa, Britain and the United States.

Bidding would open in a week to 10 days, as soon as the transport ministry received specifications for the radar, the national news agency Bernama reported on Thursday.

A fire at Subang knocked out the key airport radar on August 13 last year causing weeks of flight disruptions and two near collisions at the airport.

The South African mobile radar was flown to Kuala Lumpur and installed some two weeks after the fire.