MALAYSIA - Space shuttle delayed

TTGasia.com, Jun 1 - 7, 2007

The project to bring in the US$2 billion Russian Buran Space Shuttle, a highlight of Visit Malaysia year, has gone wrong and both tourism ministry and event organiser Best Venue have been slow to inform the public that the exhibition has been postponed.At press time, just days before the June 5 start of the two-month long Malaysia International Aerospace Exhibition, no official announcement had been made about a postponement due to glitches in bringing the space shuttle to Malaysia.This exhibition is one of five mega events for Visit Malaysia Year and the space shuttle was to be the main highlight of the exhibition. Local travel agents in the know about the delay were fuming that the tourism ministry was keeping silent at press time, although high-ranking officials had known of this delay for several weeks.

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