{"id":39722,"date":"2015-01-29T08:18:57","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T00:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/penang-sees-rm5bil-investments-from-4-china-mncs-listed-in-us\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T14:53:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T06:53:03","slug":"penang-sees-rm5bil-investments-from-4-china-mncs-listed-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/penang-sees-rm5bil-investments-from-4-china-mncs-listed-in-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Penang sees RM5bil investments from 4 China MNCs listed in US"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Penang sees RM5bil investments from 4 China MNCs listed in US<\/h1>\n

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29 January 2015<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css=”.vc_custom_1703764846254{background-color: #f3f5f8 !important;}” z_index=””][vc_column el_class=”fade-in animate”][vc_empty_space height=”120px” el_class=”height-x120″][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”29336″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=”” el_class=”single-featured-image”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”60px” el_class=”height-x60″][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” el_class=”content-row”][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]GEORGE TOWN:<\/strong> Penang will see some RM5bil worth of investments coming into the state in 2015 from four multinational corporations (MNCs) involved in electronic-based manufacturing activities.<\/em><\/p>\n

investPenang director Datuk Lee Kah Choon said these were only initial investments that would materialise over the next 12 months.<\/em><\/p>\n

Declining to name the companies, Lee said these could be China companies but public-listed in the United States.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cA couple of them has already received endorsement from the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (Mida) and were sourcing for factories now, while the other two are still in the final stages of negotiations.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be about 2,000 jobs generated from these investments. They could be located on the island or in Batu Kawan,\u201d Lee said at a press conference on the 2015 economic outlook for Penang.<\/em><\/p>\n

Lee said the Penang International Technology Park and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) projects in Batu Kawan and Bayan Baru respectively, would be jointly developed with Temasek Holdings and Economic Development Innovations Singapore and due for completion in five to 10 years.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe projects has a gross development value of RM11.3bil and will generate 25,000 to 30,000 jobs in the future,\u201d Lee said.<\/em><\/p>\n

He said Penang had the most approved manufacturing projects in Malaysia after Johor and Sawarak.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThis trend will remain in 2015. A number of foreign direct investment (FDI) projects are expected to begin or be completed in 2015.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is expected that Penang will remain as one of the major Malaysian receivers of FDI in the first half of 2015 as it did in 2014,\u201d he added.<\/em><\/p>\n

Lee said having developed over the years, the state\u2019s economy had become less dependent on FDI.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cGrowth in the services sector, especially in the medical tourism and support services outsourcing, will in turn enhance the overall economy,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n

Lee said the manufacturing sector, which contributed 54% to the state\u2019s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2005, was expected to contribute only 47% in 2015.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe services sector is predicted to gradually overtake the manufacturing sector, in line with the state\u2019s plan to converge manufacturing and services industries through the shared services and outsourcing sector,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n

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