Delay In Arrival Of Pandas Due To China’s Preoccupation With #MH370
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Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri G. Palanivel said the Chinese Government’s postponement was due to preoccupation with the search for the Malaysia Airlines MH370 aircraft whose flight path ended in the middle of the southern Indian Ocean.
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Palanivel said he had explained the matter at today’s Cabinet meeting.
"Initially, the two pandas were scheduled to arrive on April 16, but because of the incident (disappearance of MH370), the Chinese ambassador said they would send them at the end of May.
“They want to look for the black box first,” he told reporters at his office here Friday.