LIMA'09 Welcomes New Patron
 Dato’ Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak was sworn in as Malaysia's sixth Prime Minister on the 3rd April 2009 taking over from Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi who stepped down after leading the country for more than five years. Throughout his political career, Najib excelled in a variety of ministerial portfolios including the post of Minister of Defence and subsequently as Minister of Finance whilst performing his duties as the Deputy Prime Minister. Najib was Defence Minister for a total of 13 years and he is very acquainted with as well as a big supporter for LIMA.
MINDEF receives new Defence Minister
 Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is the new Defence Minister effective 9th April 2009. The ministry is not new to Zahid who first served there as political secretary to Dato' Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak from 1992-1994 when the latter was the Defence Minister. As the new Defence Minister, Zahid said that the Ministry of Defence will continue to give it's undivided support to LIMA '09.
LIMA Catches up with the Chief of the Royal Malaysian Air Force
 The LIMA '09 organiser's managed to catch up with the Chief of The Royal Malaysian Air Force, General Tan Sri Dato' Seri Azizan Ariffin between his very busy schedule.
Q: How does LIMA fit into The Royal Malaysian Air Force procurement activities?
A:
As an Air Force that is continuously modernizing, LIMA works extremely well for us as a showcase of products, technologies and services. It keeps my officers abreast of any product or technological development, which in most cases can be cross referenced on site and is important in evaluating for new assets. Previously we have seen quite a number of contracts on procurement projects which were signed during LIMA and some can be directly attributed to the initial work done at LIMA.
Q: What other benefits does The Royal Malaysian Air Force derive from LIMA?
A: Apart from what was mentioned earlier, LIMA also assembles high ranking government and military officials from across the world. This means heightened activity for military and inter-governmental diplomacy. For the Royal Malaysian Air Force, LIMA offers the opportunity to enhance our bi-lateral relations with other Air Forces especially within the immediate region of ASEAN.
More sales for LIMA '09 at Avalon
 The LIMA ’09 team was at the Avalon ’09 show in Australia. Attending from Malaysia was the Chief of Air Force General Tan Sri Dato' Seri Azizan Ariffin (RMAF) . The presence of the Malaysian delegates and the LIMA organiser's received good response amongst the companies in Avalon for LIMA ’09, especially the local Australian companies.
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