Melaka’s new RM1.8bil shipyard to be named after navigator Panglima Awang

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MELAKA: A RM1.8bil modern shipyard to be developed here will be named after Panglima Awang, also known as “Enrique de Malacca”, the famed navigator believed to have circumnavigated the globe in the 1500s, under a strategic collaboration with Turkiye. Read full story

Date: 8 January, 2026 10:03 am
Source: thestar.com.my

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