KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 10): Khazanah Nasional Bhd is open to receive proposals and ideas from various quarters for the restructuring of Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS), according to a Bernama report.

Khazanah deputy chairman Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop was quoted as saying that the company is prepared to listen and weigh the ideas or proposals so that the restructuring process could proceed smoothly and successfully to enable MAS to get back to become the national airline that is the pride of the rakyat.

Besides being a symbol of national pride, he said Khazanah also wanted to turn around MAS to profitability as well as enabling it to provide huge benefits in the nation's tourism and trade sectors.

"We are confident that with the full cooperation of all parties involved, the objectives would be achieved," he said in the Bernama report. Nor Mohamed was speaking at a press conference after the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signing ceremony between Kolej WIT Sdn Bhd and Antah Schindler Sdn Bhd in Port Klang today.

Under the MoU, Kolej WIT and Antah Schindler, a leading lift and escalator company, will collaborate in apprentice and industrial training programme.