Malaysia’s Kedah government plans to expand the Kulim Hi-Tech Park (KHTP) and Gurun’s automotive industry in Kedah, as both have attracted foreign investors to the state, according to report.
Chief minister Datuk Seri Mukhriz Tun Dr Mahathir said efforts will be exerted to encourage more investors in these areas, adding that the Kulim Hi-Tech Park is a ‘crowd-puller’ among investors.
Plans for expansion are being pushed espexially since a rubber city, a science and technology park and a medical technology park are planned to be established soon.
Mahathir also appeals for partnership from Japanese investors in the science and technology park, adding that the state government has taken many initiatives to locate industrial parks in strategic locations.
Two major automotive manufacturing facilities, Inokom’s Kulim plant (which also assembles for Hyundai, BMW, MINI, Mazda and the Ford Transit) and Naza’s Gurun plant (which assembles Peugeots, Citroens, Kias, the Great Wall M4 and possibly from July 2016, BAIC electric vehicles) are located in Kedah.
Last year, a 1.6 km race circuit is planned to be built in Sungai Petani. When it is completed in 2016 or 2017, the ‘Kedah Circuit’ will be the northern motorsports hub, and be near the proposed Kulim International Airport.