KOTA KINABALU, June 24 — The Sabah government last night signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Ukrainian and a local firm to study the feasibility of a space launch facility in the state.

Chief Minister Datuk Hajiji Noor said that Sabah is looking forward to positive results from the study in order to put the state on the map of high-level aerospace technology globally as the 16th of such a facility in the world.

“The MoU comes at the right time as the state is trying to move into the science, technology, and innovation economy. Malaysia, through Sabah has the potential to be the ninth space-faring country in the world with such a facility.

“The construction of a space launch facility, if indications are positive, will also be able to spawn an industry of between 300 to 500 downstream companies of building, electronics and logistics. We are also looking at potentially 90 high-paying jobs and over 5,000 general job opportunities in Sabah,” he said.

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