JOHOR BAHARU, Dec 6 (Bernama) -- The rapid development taking place in
Iskandar Malaysia and Johor proves that the government is actually
implementing high-impact projects and the economic transformation
programme (ETP) and not merely hyping up to gain public support.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said such projects should be
continued to ensure that national aspirations were achieved.
"This is the government's commitment and I will ensure that the
continuity of the project (Iskandar Malaysia) is maintained until it
achieves the objective in 2020.
"Insya'Allah (God willing), the government will continue to endeavour
with the support of all Malaysians to turn Malaysia into a developed
nation with high income by the year 2020," he said here Thursday.
Najib, who is also the Finance Minister, said this in his speech which
was read by Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman at the
launching of the Puteri Harbour Family Theme Park, Nusajaya.
Najib said he took great pride in the fact that during the first six
months of the implementation of Iskandar Malaysia, the impact and
effects of the long-term project had begun to be felt.
He said this did not include the economic multiplier effects and the
sustainable economic activities from the catalytic projects developed
such as Educity, Legoland Malaysia and the Puteri Harbour Family Theme
Park.
"Iskandar Malaysia is the most important national construction agenda,
proof of the government's determination to transform Malaysia into a
developed nation with high income in future," he said.
Iskandar Malaysia, which measures 2,217 sq km, would become a dynamic
metropolis of world standard and a catalyst in the subsequent
transformation process to all parts of the country, the prime minister
said.
Since the economic corridor was launched six years ago until September
this year, Najib said it had attracted almost RM100 billion in
investments, with 40 per cent being foreign investments.
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