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There is a good news for Malaysian football fans. Liverpool FC has confirmed it has scheduled a tour of Malaysia as part of preparations for 201!201" season.#The first team will play a game in $uala Lumpur% their first visit to the city since their successful 2011 pre!season tour%# LFC said in a statement. Liverpool beat Malaysia "!& in that match. The 'eds will play a Malaysian side at the (ational )tadium in *u+it ,alil on ,uly 2-. The match is organised by the Football .ssociation of Malaysia /F.M0 and promoted by 1ro2vents 3nternational )dn *hd. LFC said its fi4ture in $uala Lumpur is 5ust one element of a programme of activities that the Club is delivering in 201 to bring Malaysian fans closer to the team they support.#6e visited $uala Lumpur as part of our 2011 pre!season tour and the support we received was incredible% not only from the 70%000 fans that turned out to watch us play at *u+it ,alil% but all ourfans in Malaysia throughout our visit% # said Liverpool chief e4ecutive 3an .yre.81re!season is an important time for the team as they prepare for the upcoming season and the match against the Malaysian 93 is an e4citing part of that preparation. The tour gives our supporters a chance to see the team up close% no matter how far away from .nfield they might live.:F.M general!secretary ;atu+ uad% the touring party will include staff from the Club?s charity% Liverpool FC Foundation% to carry out wor+ in the community throughout the visit as well as ta+ing part in events with official supporters? clubs.1ro2vents chief e4ecutive ,ulian $am said@ 8)ecuring one of the world?s greatest football clubs to return to play a match in $uala Lumpur is a testament to the way Malaysian football fans have embraced Liverpool FC. 6e?re very much loo+ing forward to welcoming *rendan 'odgers and the team to Malaysia and provide LFC fans in the country with an amaAing opportunity to see their favourite players in action.:(ew Malaysian .irline. new Malaysian airline 5ust in+ed a 1. *illion dollar deal with Canadian planema+er *ombardier for 20 new passenger planes. The new private carrier is called flymo5o and would be based out of ,ohor *ahru in the south and $ota $inabalu in 2ast Malaysia. The deal with *ombardier includes the option to buy 20 more aircraft% ta+ing its value up to B2.Cbn. Malaysia has been coping with three aviation disasters in recent months. The disasters of past year are unfortunate for the airline industry and many are hoping for improvement of facilities and aircraft maintenance.3n the latest incident% a Malaysian budget carrier .ir.sia plane crashed into the ,ava )ea while en route from )urabaya% 3ndonesia to )ingapore in ;ecember% +illing all 1"2 people on board.3n ,uly% a Malaysia .irlines plane was shot down over pro!'ussian rebel!held territory in eastern D+raine% +illing 2C7 people.That followed another plane that vanished shortly after ta+ing off from $uala Lumpur to *ei5ing in March 201-. (o trace of the plane has been found.The launch of the new airline was announced at the Lang+awi 3nternational Maritime and .erospace e4hibition on Tuesday% with 1rime Minister (a5ib 'aAa+ in attendance..AiA $aprawi% deputy minister of transport% said the new airline would play a +ey role in improving air travel between the Malaysian 1eninsula and other parts of the region.#.s the only airline utilising the southern corridor as its head>uarters% flymo5o will transform )enai E,ohor *ahru?s airportF into a +ey regional aviation and logistics hub ! augmenting the government?s initiatives in developing 3s+andar Malaysia and the southern corridor% he said in astatement by Bombardier.The planes ordered from *ombardier are C)100 aircraft% which seat up to 12 people and would ma+e flymo5o the first airline in the region to operate the aircraft.Local reports said the airline was scheduled to start operating from Gctober this year.(ew Malaysian .mbassadorsFour new


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