SEPANG: The ministerial tripartite meeting on the missing Malaysia Airline Flight MH370 will be held on July 19, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai today.
He said the meeting would deliberate on the next course of action regarding the search for the aircraft that dropped off the radar screens on March 8, 2014.
"All three nations (Malaysia, China and Australia) are committed to look for MH370 in the 120,000 sq km search grid and so far we have combed through 107,000 sq km," he said after launching the iWalk walkalators at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2).
The iWalk is part of 28 new walkalators installed after the opening of klia2 in 2014.
Liow said bad weather had hampered the operation to look for MH370 in the search area, but it would resume once the situation improves.
On airport security following the recent terror attack at Istanbul's Atartuk Airport, Liow said the security level at Malaysia's airports had been raised to amber since the airport in Brussels was bombed.
"We have kept the security level at amber until now with strong cooperation from the police who work closely with auxiliary police stationed at airports."
Liow also urged the people to become the authorities' eyes and ears when at the airports, by alerting security when they spot suspicious items or unattended luggage.
Regarding airport facilities at klia2, he said continuous efforts would be made to ensure passenger comfort.
Aside from installing walkalators, Liow said he had asked Malaysia Airports to provide free buggy services to passengers at klia2.
There are a total of 25 buggies provided in klia2 for this purpose with designated buggy stations located on the airside of the terminal.
On the new LRT Line Extension Project (LEP), Liow said he was very excited on how much progress had been done to improve the public transport system in the Klang Valley.
While the development work is still ongoing, he urged the public to bear with the inconvenience that might rise including traffic jams.
Liow, who is also MCA president, reiterated his call to Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to practise what the latter had preached.
Lim, he said, must consider his previous calls for political opponents to go on leave pending investigations against them now that he has been charged with corruption.