IPOH: Perak plans to set up a Malaysia-Korea Technology Centre to get some RM1bil worth of investments over the next three years. Mentri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abd Kadir said the project, to begin in six months, would involve the construction of 101 Korean high-technology factories engaging in 100% technology transfer and using Malaysia as a springboard to the Asean-Gulf market.
“This will also create at least 10,000 jobs for the people of Perak,” he told reporters after witnessing the signing of a joint venture agreement between Korea’s Gentro Tech Co Ltd and Perak Multimedia Dotcom Sdn Bhd and Virtual Bridge Sdn Bhd to produce corrugated optical cable ducts yesterday.
A 28.3ha site in Pengkalan has been identified for the project while another 20.2ha at the Perak Hi-Tech Park in Meru Raya is being reserved for the R&D centre.Virtual Bridge executive chairman Nur Mohd Ezan Taib said the joint venture would provide the state with an average annual revenue of RM35.42mil.
TheStar. Edited by admin. 19 08 2009.
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