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APRIL-MAY. 2019 | @Halal
Business
Invest Selangor and
what they do
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ElanGor darul Ehsan, the golden state
of Malaysia, is Malaysia’s most developed
and progressive state. It is the country’s pri-
mary port of entry and strategically located
around the capital city, Kuala lumpur. as
Malaysia’s largest economy, selangor enjoys
a highly developed infrastructure for major industry
clusters and is a well established investment haven
backed by excellent state government support and an
advanced commercial ecosystem. Known for its highly
skilled and innovative knowledge workforce as well as
an attractive cosmopolitan living standard, selangor is
a beacon of abundance and prosperity.
For over the span of 18 years, Invest selangor berhad
acts as guidance for investors across the globe that are
looking forward to invest and prosper in the state of
selangor. It is a one-stop agency that provides informa-
tion, advisory services, as well as start-up or expansion
assistance to potential and existing investors. since the
inception, Invest selangor have attracted more than
5,104 manufacturing projects in selangor. Therefore,
Invest selangor have been indirectly responsible for
the creation of 387,318 jobs and attracting more than
rM144.2 billion worth of manufacturing investments to
the state. It will continually strive to create a conducive
investment-friendly environment through the creation
of new networks, services and competitive incentives
provided by the Malaysian Investment development
authority – and continually showcase to the world the
dynamic, golden state of selangor.
With its vision to be a leading investment solution
centre in Malaysia and asEan, Invest selangor berhad
off ers numerous gains and profi ts for all the investors
and depositors in selangor. From 7.1% growth in GdP
and close proximity to the administrative capital to
3.4 million skilled and multilingual workforces, these
traits make selangor the wealthiest and urbanized state
in Malaysia. More reasons to invest in selangor includes
free from natural disasters, world class cities and towns
and cyberjaya-the national IcT capital of Malaysia.
Invest selangor focuses on 5 core clusters of
industries.
1
Food & beverages
manufacturing
4
transport equipment
2
3
Life sciences
5
electric &
electronic
Machinery &
equipment
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Dato’ Hasan Azhari HJ. Idris,
Chief Executive Offi cer of
Invest Selangor Berhad
ITHIn selangor also has emerged the
success stories of companies such cargill
Holdings and Western digital Malaysia
sdn bhd. according to Mr. Chandramohan Nair, the
director of corporate aff airs of cargill Holdings
(M) sdn bhd, “selangor provides a versatile, skilled,
industrious and multi-lingual workforce. This is
important as cargill believes that people are our
greatest strength and employees who are able to
engage with our businesses and customers around
the world will help us to feed the world in a respon-
sible way.”
From Western digital (Malaysia) sdn bhd, Mr
Thomas Fong, the senior director of Finance, praised
Invest selangor for its pillar and growing behaviour.
“Invest selangor has been supportive of our very large
investment and presence in selangor for more than
40 years. We are proud to have grown together with
selangor.” The success of Panasonic is not a new rev-
elation. Mr Toshiro Okamoto, the Managing director
for Panasonic Management Malaysia sdn bhd said
that “The infrastructure and logistics provided are
very good without doubt, selangor state takes care
of Panasonic very well.”