Malaysia will build its own communications satellite (comsat) for use by the government for fun,socio-economic, internal security and defence purposes, said Science, Technology and Innovations Minister Datuk Seri Dr Jamaludin Jarjis.

He said that although Malaysia already had a privately-owned comsat (Measat), it was imperative that the country had a government-owned one to keep up with the “needs of the times”.

**Were going to build our own satellites now!! Looks like our space program is kicking off big time.Good to see that the people’s money is going to be used for things that will keep us up-to-date”needs of the times”.

**Sorry poor people in the rural areas, take a number and wait your turn.Unless your given a job building satellites, its going to be a while before you have any improvement to the standard of living!

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