Headline Karambunai project to generate huge income

Date 20 Apr 2011 Language English

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Karambunai project to
generate huge income
Najib Premier world class ecotourism destination will also create 11 000 jobs —
KOTA KINABALU The
Karambunai Integrated
Resort City will contribute
a Gross National Income
GNI of about RM9 319
billion and create about
11 000 jobs by 2020
Prime Minister Datuk Seri
Najib Tun Razak said the
RM9 6 billion project would
be developed by a
consortium comprising
Prism Crystal Enterprises
Ltd Tan Sri Dr Chen Lip
Keong and group of
companies together with
landowners Karambunai
Corp Bhd and Petaling Tin
Bhd
This premier world class
ecotourism destination will
leverage on Malaysia s
competitive advantages in
ecotourism and
biodiversity and feature
tourism health and eco
nature edutainment
recreation facilities
It will also include a water
theme park water
spectacles and fountain
cable car mangrove
research centre harbour
cruise aqua and spa village
amongst others
Najib disclosed this when
unveiling seven all new
projects in Putrajaya
yesterday to further
strengthen the continued
interest of investors in the
Economic Transformation
Programme ETP which
has to date garnered
Headline Karambunai project to generate huge income
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RM106 405 billion in The RFID will enable From Front Page
investments RM153 83 security and automation of
billion in GNI and 298 865 paperless Royal Malaysian In addition it will also
new jobs Customs checkpoints house research and
The 72 projects within 54 throughout Malaysia development operations
Entry Point Projects EPPs MYLEDMASTERSdnBhd where innovation and
announced to date means and its subsidiary MYLED creativity will help to bring
that 41 2 per cent of the 131 Opto Technology Sdn Bhd costs down further It is
EPPs have commenced all will be expanding their expected to have a GNI
in less than six months since manufacturing capability in impact of RM100 million
the ETP was launched the green technologysector and create up to 900 jobs
Now that is big results Located in Malacca with Asia Media will invest
fast he said when an investment of RM175 RM500 million in
announcing the latest million this production developing the first Digital
investment projects facility is set to meet the Live Transit TV
Infineon Technologies growing demand for solid Broadcasting
will invest RM480 million to state lighting both locally infrastructure in Malaysia
expand and upgrade its and in overseas market such This mobile broadcast
production capacity as India and the Middle East network in public
research and development in two years time said Naj ib transportation falls
and manufacturing who is also the Finance squarely within the
facilities in Malacca Minister SeeA5 Communications Content
and Infrastructure CCI
Pensonic Holdings Sdn
Bhd s establishment of the First Digital Live Transit TV By NKEA
adopting
electrical home appliances
manufacturing hub and
international distribution
Broadcasting infrastructure standard infrastructure
international broadcasting

the organisation will be

network in Penang will
involve a total investment
capable of delivering live
video and voice to the
of RM250 minion
trans it industry such as the
To enhance the efficiency
Light Rapid Transit bus
of container clearance by
network and perhaps even
reducing the queuing time
the Mass Rapid Transit in
at Customs checkpoints the future
improving security through
the automatic detection of a
This project is expected
to generate RM604 million
compromised or open
in GNI and about 400 jobs
container and optimising he said
human resources for better
services RM45 million will
be invested to provide the
Radio Frequency
Identification RFID
infrastructure
 Headline Karambunai project to generate huge income
Date 20 Apr 2011 Language English
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Najib said as the He said the CCI NKEA is As for education he said
government has begun to also kick starting a the International Islamic
look into e government and government initiative to University Malaysia will
paperless initiatives in a provide a unique and spearhead an initiative to
bid to be a more official email account and develop and position
environmentally friendly identification for citizens Malaysia as one of the
and modern the nex of Malaysia world s leading Islamic
initiative which also falls The prime minister said finance education hubs
within the CCI NKEA is a with a GNI impact of RM39 It will invest RM3 17
baseline study on e counter million up to 2015 this 1MY million to set up the Islamic
services and paperless email initiative will allow Finance and Banking
government direct and secure education cluster that will
The project aims to communications between develop and harmonise
establish baseline Malaysian citizens and the globally accepted curricula
measurements on government as well as in Islamic Finance related
government initiatives for enhance the delivery of areas

the improvement of government services to It will also establish the

services specifically in the consumers and businesses Association for Islamic
transformation towards an alike Finance Advancement
electronic government Tricubes Bhd will AIFA which will accredit
EG and going paperless spearhead this RM50 programmes as well as
Managed by the Malaysia million investment which advance and promote
Administrative also includes the Islamic Finance education
Modernisation And development of a web globally
Management Planning portal an email account for With a GNI impact of
Unit MAMPU and all Malaysian citizens aged RM1 2 billion by 2020 it will
Government Integrated 18 and above a one stop see the creation of about
Telecommunications centre for government 4 300 related jobs
Network GITN the services provision of Led by the Federal
project involves data value added services such Agriculture Marketing
collection and an analysis as social networking Authority FAMA the
of e counter services checking bills online as Pasar Komuniti
electronic transactions and well as payment in initiative PAKAR is a
pap erless government addition to web concerted effort to co
initiatives in the public development toolkits for ordinate and amalgamate
sector an assessment of citizens and business them in location with
government agencies data entities to creatively better facilities
centres as well as network develop applications With an investment of
infrastructure and RM50 million PAKAR will
services not only benefit the
Once completed it will entrepreneurs but also the
ensure that services consumers who
provided by the will experience
government are more convenience and
transparent fit for comfortable shopping
purpose efficient and within a solid and fixed
effective to the Rakyat The structure Najib said
government will invest This project will
RM3 261 million in the contribute RM3 52 billion
project that will see the in GNI annually by 2020 and
— creation of 155 jobs create 56 400 jobs
Bernama